VOL. LVXO. 16,079.
PORTLAND, OREGON, MONDAY, APRIL, 2G, 1915.
PRICE FIVE CENTS.
FIRE-SWEEPS MILL,
LOSS IS 8140,000
Albers Brothers' Plant
and Stock Damaged.
SMOKE ENDANGERS FIREMEN
Eleven Engine Companies and
Fireboats Fight Flames.
ORIGIN REMAINS MYSTERY
Company Not to Be Delayed in
Shipment of Orders for Other
Plants Are to Meet Emer
gency, Says William Alhers.
Fire which for a period threatened to
develop into a disastrous waterfront
conflagration, swept a portion of tne
plant of the Albers Brothers' Milling
Company on the west riverfront, be
tween Lovejoy and Marshall streets,
at 4:40 o'clock yesterday morning, re
sulting: in a loss estimated at $140,000.
The damage is fully covered by insur
ance. The origin of the Are is not
known.
In an hour's efficient fighting in
heavy smoke which threatened a repe
tition of the scenes attendant at the
Blake-McFall fire the Sunday before,
when 30 firemen were overcome, the
men of 11 engine companies, in co-operation
with two fireboats, gained con
trol of the blaze.
After viewing the burned building
late yesterday, William Albers, vice
president and general manager of the
milling company, estimated that the
loss would total $140,000. which in
cludes the damage to the stock of
grain, both prepared and unprepared,
by emoke and water.
Water Plays on Stock.
The fire started near the washroom
on the third floor of Albers Dock No. Si,
in a frame structure adjoining the
mill. Iron doors between the wooden
structure and the main brick building
prevented much damage, although the
fire finally broke through, making It
necessary to play streams of water over
the valuable stock.
Besides the fire apparatus which re
sponded were the two fireboats. David
Campbell and George II. Williams.
These boats tied up by the American
Hawaiian steamship Honolulan, which
lay at the dock where the fire started,
and ran lines across the large vessel.
Liner Prepares to Leave.
Captain Anderson sounded an alarm
by blowing his fire whistle and all his
crew hastily collected on deck. All
but two of the lines to the dock were
cast off and. the Honolulan stood ready
to steam away if the fire should get
beyond control of the firemen.
Prompt and efficient work of the
Portland fire bureau saved a complete
loss and perhaps a grave waterfront
conflagration. Had there been high
wind and the flames had reached the
wooden docks the damage might have
exceeded that of any other Portland
waterfront fire. At this place the
docks are the thickest and the Broad
way bridge might have been badly en
dangered as the mills lie on either side
of It.
Loss Estimated at l-lO.OOO.
Wliliam Albers, who was at the
scene of the fire late yesterday direct
ing a special force of men who were
clearing away the debris and sweeping
out the water, said:
"The cause of the fire is most mys
tcrtous because we make a specialty of
fire prevention, using conduits for elec
trie wire, steel doors between out
buildings, and have watchmen continu
ally patroling the property, their move
menu being checked by telegraphic sig
nals and time clocks.
"To estimate the damage Is difficult
until we have time to make an inven
tory of our losses. I think that I may
cay that the loss is about $140,000. Our
stock is worth probably li 5.000. and
of this perhaps $100,000 worth is ruined.
Damage to machinery is about $20,000,
and the same amount will probably have
to be expended to restore the building
to its former condition. Water and
smoke did much of the damage to the
stock.
Orders Not to Be Delayed.
"We have mills at San Francisco. Ta-
coma and Seattle, as well as in Port
land, and, as almost hair of our stock
is undamaged and we have trainloads
already coming from our Puget Sound
mills, we will experience no delay In
delivering orders or carrying on our
business. The office was not damaged
and. therefore, all the books are intact.'
When the second alarm had been
answered 11 engine and three truck
companies had responded to the call at
the Albers dock, together with the
fireboats David Campbell and George
H. Williams. The first alarm turned
In, strangely, was from the box farthest
from the fire, box No. 238, on the East
Side. This was at 4:45 A. M. and It
was not until four minutes later, 4:4!)
A. M.. that the call from box No. 18,
on the Albers dock, sounded. 'A sec
ond alarm was turned In from box No.
18 at 6:10 o'clock.
Smoke Makes Work Hard.
Battalion Chiefs Young and Holden
and Assistant Chief Laudenklos were
in charge of the fire fighting. The
first recall of companies sounded at
6:51 o'clock. .- The fire was a difficult
one . for the firemen to locate and
'proved a stubborn one to fight.
PORTLAND DAY-IS
MARKED PERFECT
APRIL WEATHER FIT TO TtAVK
AY1TH DAY IX JUNE.
Other Cities Too Warm or Too Cold,
but All Agree Standard of 15 aim -Iness
Was Attained Here.
Of course everybody knows it was a
perfect day in Portland yesterday with
Old Sol batting 'way above .300 and
fielding in a fashion 1000 per cent good.
The thermometer lolled around 69, and
there was not a drop of moisture In
precipitate form. The wind zephyred
along about four miles an hour. All
told, it was an April day fit to rank
with Lowell's "rare day in June."
But here is how it was in a few other
places in the United States and Can
ada: Washington, the capital, made it
warm for a few remaining Congress
men and the habitual sojourners there,
by running the spirits up to 94 degrees,
with only four miles of wind and not
a cloud to spread even a little shade.
New York got red In the face with
the mercury at 88, but was appeased
with a 30-mile zephyr during most of
the day, while New Orleans had 82 de
grees of mercury up and only six miles
of wind an hour.
Winnipeg, where they have ice pal
aces a good many months of the year,
shivered in 64 degrees of warmth
practically the same temperature as
prevailed in San Francisco. Seattle
endured 60 degrees and Los Angeles
drew on the sunny Southern California
weather for a temperature of 64 de
grees and 10 miles of wind.
St. Louis had a temperature of 84
while Kansas City could not do better
than 66. the same temperature as pre
vailed in the vicinity of Salt Lake.
Denver managed, to get half an inch
of rain, while the temperature hovered
around 48.
Montreal and Focatello kept company
n flirting with tne mercury ior o
points, and Galveston, Tex., with 72
kept in a class with Boston, which
boasted of 74 degrees.
Scientists and common folks are
agreed that 70 degrees is a tolerable
emperature to exist in. especially
when the sun is shining 100 per cent
and the wind is not obstreperous. In
Portland it was 69 degrees, with the
sun and wind on perfect deportment.
So there you are; figure It out for
ourself.
COOS BAY RIVERMAN DIES
Captain O'Kelley, Once Wealthy,
Victim of Adversity.
MARSH FIELD." Dr.; April "25. (Spe
r-ii rntln J. A. O'Kelley. once
launch king of Coos Bay, who con
trolled traffic between Marshfleld and
North Bend for five years, died here
last nierht after an illness' of two years.
He made a comfortable fortune here
before the automobile service between
Marshefild and North Bend drove him
out of business.
Financial reverses followed his re
tirement, his greatest loss being $5000
in San Francisco, when an alleged eplr
itualist and clairvoyant said he could
find the captain's long-lost daughter.
He will be buried by the Eagles, or
which he was a charter member of
Coos Bay.
FRONT LACE CORSET URGED
Boston Physician Says Old Style Is
Relic of Barbarism.
BOSTON. April 25. (Special.)
Ladies, if you insist on wearing a cor
set, don't use the kind that laces up
or down at the back," says Dr. Robert
M. Green, of the Boston City Hospital,
in the current number of the Boston
Medical and Surgical Journal. It is a
relic of Victorian barbarism, intended
to produce a matronly figure, he says,
."It Is absolutely and unutterably per
nicious. declared ur. urcen. ah cor
sets may be roughly classified in two
groups those that lace behind and
those that lace in front. The forme
are all bad. The latter may be 'good,
provided they are of a suitable size,
lightly boned as possible, and equipped
with garter straps."
AVERY ACCUSED OF CRIME
Companion of AVill Furdy, Found
Dead In Corvallis, Under Arrest.
CORVALLIS. Or., April 25. (Spe
cial.) George Avery, of this city, was
arrested today on a warrant charging
him with the murder of Will Purdy,
whose dead body was found yesterday
morning. Avery will receive a pre
liminary hearing tomorrow afternoo
at 2 o'clock.
Avery and Purdy are believed to have
been together Friday night at the iat
ter's house where they drank whisky
brought to Corvallis the day before.
J. STITT WILSON BEATEN
Berkeley, Cal., Turns Down Socialist
Who Would Be Mayor Again.
BERKELEY, Cal., April 25. At the
election for Mayor here Saturday Samuel
C. Irving, a non-partisan candidate, de
feated J. Stitt Wilson, Socialist and ex
Mayor, by 2791 votes.
Mayor Heywood, who was a candl
date for re-election, was defeated at
the primary three weeks ago.
Wilson Gets New War Maps.
WASHINGTON. April 25. Maps pre
pared by the War College showing th
war zones of Europe in great detail
have been sent to the White House for
the President's convenience. Up to the
present?' the progress of the war has
been -followed by the President with
pins denoting the positions of the
pftrmies on ordinary maps hung In the
Cabinet-room,
AVIATORS TRY TO
SAKE-MEN IH SURF
rowds See Aid Taken
by Sky to Sea.
HEROIC EFFORTS ARE FUTILE
-Christofferson and His Aide
Drop Life Preservers.
SEVERAL TRIPS ARE MADE
Birdman Thinks Hydroaeroplane
Would Have Succeeded Victims
Number Four or More, Crew
of Italian Boat.
SAN FRANCISCO. April 25. Valiant
efforts on the part -of Harry Christof-
ferson, an aviator, who circled above
an overturned boat here today and
dropped a dozen or more life preservers
to men struggling in the breakers, was
unavailing to save their lives. Four
men were drowned.
The boat, which has been brought to
shore by the lifesaving crew, has no
name. It is believed to have come
from Sausalito, across the bay from
San Francisco. The men drowned are
believed to have been Italian crab
fishers. Their names are unknown. No
bodies have been recovered.
Mounted Policeman Nearly Lost,
Mounted Policeman Edward G. Fed
geon nearly lost his life in a desperate
attempt to save the drowning men.
With his revolver cracking to attract
the attention of the men struggling in
the surf, he rode his horse at a gallop
Into the breakers until he could no
longer see the shore. But he could
not locate the men and was obliged
to return to land. He and his horse
were exhausted when they finally
struggled to shore.
Scores of automobiles and hundreds
of pedestrians had been attracted to the
scene, -the boat having capsized about
800 yards off the Great Highway, which
is the beach driveway.
Men Stnisgle in Sort
While the lifesaving station was
trying to get a boat to the scene of
the wreck Harry Christoff erson and his
mechanician, Harvey Crawford, who
had learned of the accident, loaded four
life preservers about, their biplane and.
rising from the sand, flew out and
circled about the capsized boat. They
could see four men struggling in the
surf and dropped three preservers. A
fourth became entangled In the under
gear of the aeroplane, necessitating a
return to land.
The aviators obtained more life pre
servers and again put out to the res
cue. This time only three men could
be seen and their boat was out of
sight. The life preservers were
dropped, but failed to reach the drown
ing men. one of whom waved his hand
to the aviators.
A strong wind was blowing and
Squalls of rain blinded the birdmen.
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I AN APPRECIATION.
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INDEX OF TODAY'S NEWS
The Weather.
YESTERDAY'S Maximum temperature, 6
degrees: minimum, 45 degrees.
TODAY'S Fair; northwesterly winds.
War.
Socialist deputy cautions Italy against being
drawn by her sympathies Into war. .rage
2.
Austrian miners blow op Russian positions
In Carpathians. Page 2.
Bloodthirsty headhunters are sent In pursuit
of Singapore mutineers. Page 3.
National.
United States Navy never as fit as now.
says Secretary rranlels. Page 5.
lomestic.
Aviator make heroic but futile attempts
to save crew of boat capsized in surf.
Page 1.
Colonel Roosevelt is leading figure In damage
suit trial; ptelntifl is like bridegroom at
wedding. Page 1.
Girl who accuses ex-Chief Sebastian to un
dergo further grilling today. Page &.
Eugenic laws misnamed and undesirable.
says Genetic Association expert. Page J.
Sport.
Pacific Coast League results Salt Lake 10,
Portland 4; San Francisco 2-4. Venice
0-3; Oakland 9-2, Los Angeles, 1-1. Page
12.
Manager McGraw reads riot act to Giants.
Page 13.
Oregon state trap shoot starts today. Page
13.
Darkness ends 15-lnnlng tie game between
Cincinnati and Chicago. Page 12.
Cleveland breaks Detroit's winning streak.
' Page IS.
Pacific Xorthwest.
Shasta Limited runs down auto at Creswell.
killing four children and injuring driver.
Page L
Editors Indorse proposed additions to Jour
nalistic course at Oregon University.
Page 5.
Finance and Industry.
Commerce revival In East Indicated by in
creased rail traffic and rush transactions
by wire. Page s.
Northwest feels business and - Industrial re
vival. Page 8.
Temporary notes Issued by cities popular
Investment. Page 8.
Portland and Vicinity.
Weather report, data and forecast. Page 13.
Portland enjoys perfect day. Page 1.
Discussion of Greeley street extension by all
interested is suggested. Page 16.
New movies mcke gripping appeal. Page 7.
Great good accomplished by Mr. and Mrs.
Farrell's gift of milk to poor families toid
and chances for others to aid cited.
Page .
Lew Dockstader as T. R. at Orpheum looks
more like pictures than does Colonel.
Page IS.
Warm welcome given Head Consul Boak
by Woodmen. Page 16.
Elaborate plans for clean-up week over
state are laid. Page 10.
Chamber of Commerce starts work toward
clean-up campaign. Page lO.
Oddfellows to celebrate 9tli anlversary
of founding of order today. Page 16.
Support of Festival to raise funds for trip
of Police Band urged. Page 16.
United States cruiser Boston sunk In Port
land harbor, theoretically .to give re
serves drill. Page 9.
Fire threatening entire water front, damages
Albers Mills J140.O0O. Page 1.
Slgnorir.a Bonarl willing to live if doctor can
save her life. Page P.
GERMAN REPORT DISPUTED
BritUh. Place South Afr-Tim lvoss at
280, Instead of 70 0.
LONDON", April 24. Replying to the
German account of the British defeat
near Jassinl, German East Africa, on
January 18 and 19, the British com
mander reports that the total British
loss was 280 men, of whom 40 are
missing.
An official statement received In
Berlin from German East Africa on
April 21 said that the British lost some
200 killed in this battlo and that the
total British casualties amounted to
700. These Included the capture of
four companies of men.
Methodist Tension 1'iiud Set Aside.
SAX FRANCISCO, April 24. The sum
of $300,000 was set aside as a pension
fund for aged Methodist ministers at
an executive meeting of the Methodist
Episcopal Book Concern today. The
conference, which began last Tuesday,
will end its fcessiohs Monday.
COLONELCENTEROF
INTEREST AT TRIAL
Barnes Is Like Bride
groom at Wedding.
TEDDY BEARS TROTTED OUT
Excited Roosevelt Partisans
- Flocking to Syracuse.
PLAINTIFF TO BE ABSENT
Ex -Chairman Will Devote Himself
to Duties at Constitutional Con
vention rntll Ilis Attor
neys Send for Him.
SYRACUSE. N. Y- April 23. (Spe
cial.) Excited crowds have been pour
Ing: into Syracuse all day on every In
coming train and the city Is fairly
buzzing, as if a National political con
vention were to begin here tomorrow
instead of the second heat of the $50.-
000 damage suit brought by William
Barnes, Jr., ex-chairman of the New
York Republican state committee,
against Theodore Roosevelt.
Whatever the second week of the
trial brings out, the first week has, for
the present at least, put Colonel
Roosevelt back in the saddle. Visitors
In numbers enough to make good-sized
state delegations are continuously con
verging on Horace Wilkinson's home.
where the Colonel Is domiciled, to as
sure him of their sympathy and sup
port. People are blossoming out with
"Teddy" buttons and rejuvenated
Teddy ibears are lashed on the front of
automobiles in place of "kewpies," and
all that Is needed is a nerve-racking
brass band playing "Dixie" in the hotel
lobby to complete a perfect night-be-fore-the-opening
National convention
picture.
Barnes Is I.lttle la 1-vUlenre.
One thing strange to the visitors at
the trial Is that Mr. Barnes is f i'Ulu
in evident, -v the - popular r.nrvd a
plaintiff In u .aw action Is the aggres
sor, the prosecutor, the central figure
on the stige. while the defendant Is
well, the defendant simply defends;
that's all. -In this lawsuit the plaintiff
Is just like the bridegroom at a wed
ding, necessary but unnoticed. In fact.
the cast of tiys National drama was
reversed all last week and the defend
ant was the plaintiff and the plaintiff
was strictly on the defensive.
For the defendant, Theodore Roose
velt, for four of the five days of the
trial, was on the witness stand, and for
three full days and a fraction of a
fourth day was undergoing cross-examination.
"Which Is Barnes V Asks Crowd.
All last week one could continually
hear the spectators back of the press
tables whispering: "Which Is Barnes?"
"I can't see him. "Barnes? Oh. is that
he?" "Why, yes that must be Barnes,
right up at the end of the long table
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Sunday's War Moves
THE German rushes In Flanders and
the Woevre. where they claim to
have had considerable success, are be
lieved to be the forerunners of another
big effort to break throi' 'he allied
lines in the west. ,-0
For many dav 1"' ..n has been
sealed from .-o
trals, wh' vv .,
.rvation of neu
rcements from Ger
many 0 ,iig moved to the south to
tak v in the new offensive, which
they .ope is to carry them to Calais
and possibly break the resistance of
the allies.
The attack in Flanders, originally
leveled at the French, has been trans
ferred to the British lines held by the
Canadians, and here for two days the
men from the Dominion have been en
gaged in a deadly contest with the
Germans. The latter say in their offi
cial report that they have made fur
ther progress toward Ypres and that
the British counter-attack has been
repulsed.
The French acount, on the other
hand, declares that the allies' counter
attacks continue with success and that
the British hold all their positions, and
repeats the charge that the Germans
are using bombs, containing asphyxiat
ing gases.
The Frankfurter Zeltung Justifies the
use of these missiles on the ground
that the allies have done likewise.
The German attack in the Woevre,
or in the Meuse Hills, was directed
against the French positions to the
southwest of Combres, and. according
to the Berlin statement, the French
suffered a heavy defeat. Paris, how
ever, says that in a counter-attack the
Germans were completely driven out of
the French first line, which they had
pushed back.
These offensive movements by the
Germans have been made possible by
the state, of the ground on the eastern
front, where operations are virtually
Impossible until the Spring floods have
subsided. Taking advantage of these
conditions, the German general staff
transferred a large number of troops
to the west to make another big effort.
which shows that they are not content
to rely on a passive policy.
It is believed that a half million new
German troops have reached Flanders,
and that more guns and material are to
be used than were provided In the orig
inal attempts to destroy the allied
armies in the west. attempts which
met with failure both in August and
October.
In the meantime the eastern front is
enjoying a period of comparative calm
except In the mid-Carpathians, where
the Russians continue to attack the
Austrlans in Uzsok Pass, and to the
eastward, where the Auntrians and
Germans are trying to crush the Rus
sian flank. Both sides report suc
cesses. The operations In the Dardanelles
apparently still are confined to bom
bardment of the Turkish entrench
ments, while preparations are being
made for landing the allied force, part
of which already is on TurklBh terri
tory at Enos and other points.
Italy and Greece continue to debate
what steps, if any, they will take, and
Roumanla. it Is believed, waits on the
decision of Italy. a3 It Is declared the
two have perfected a treaty of alli
ance. It Is said that Austrian and
German diplomats at Rome are pre
pared to recommend acceptance of
Italy's terms, but are waiting for in
structions from Vienna, which must
have the last word.
Greece, too, is considering terms
which, hortever, come from the allies,
and Athens Is torn by divided opinion,
the adherents of ex-Premter Venizclos
demanding Immediate Intervention and
the government supporters Insisting
that the integrity of the country must
be guaranteed before Greece takes up
arms. A dispatch from Athens says
that a decision is expected some time
this week.
RICH PAIR SECRETLY WED
Widow of "Silent" .Smith Marries
Man Younger Than Her Child.
WHITE SULPHUR SPRINGS. W. V,
April 25. (Special.) Mrs. James Henry
Smith, of London, widow of "Silent"
Smith and mother of the Countess
Briganza, wife of the pretender to the
throne of Portugal, and Jean It. Saint
Cyr, the New York clubman whose wife
died on January 1 at Yonkers and left
him' more than 1.000,000, were secretly
maarrled at White Sulphur today. They
announced their marriage as they were
about to board the train for New York
to a crowd of friends here.
Mr. Saint Cyr refused to tell of the
marriage, but admitted Its truth. Mrs.
Smith has a daughter older than the
bridegroom.
AVEZZAN0 AGAIN SHAKEN
Deep Rumblings Accompany Recur
rence of Earthquake In Italy.
AVEZZANO, Italy, April 24, via
Paris, April 25. A strong earthquake
occurred at 4 o'clock today and lasted
several seconds. It was preceded and
accompanied by deep rumblings.
Great alarm was caused among the
people, who have not yet recovered
from the recent disastrous earthquake
In this section.
It seems that th-i epicentrum was at
Tagliacosao, where several houses and
a historic castle, already damaged by
the last earthquake, were badly shaken.
Some tottering walls fell. Assistance
has been dispatched from this place.
Vocational Training Wanted.
JUNCTION CITY, Or., April 25. (Spe
cial.) The voters held a mass meeting
In the Central School today and voted,
130 to 38, In favor of Installing the vo
cational system of education In the city
schools. The Board of Directors will
start work immediately and expects
to have the course Installed by next
Fall.
SHASTA HITS AUTO;
4 KILLED, I HURT
Children Goingto Sun
day School Victims.
CRESWELL HOME IS SCENE
Car Driven Directly in Front of
Rushing Locomotive.
DRIVER TERRIBLY INJURED
Train Speeds on With Llnglne C'rt-w
in Ignorance of I act That an
Accident Has Occurred Coro
ner Begins an Inquiry.
CRESWELL. Or April 25 (Special.)
The northbound Shasta Limited of
the Southern Pacific Company todsy
struck an automobile driven by F. E.
Sly In front of his home here, smashed
it to fragments und killed four small
children who occupied the tonneau. be
sides injuring Mr. Sly no badly thnt
it Is thought he cannot recover.
The dead:
Beulali Mores, aged 12.
George Robinettc, aged 8.
Vincent Treanor, aged 8.
Dorothy Treanor, aged .
Mr. Sly sustained condition of the
brain and a broken hhouldcr. The nc
cldent was wilnctised by Mrs! Sly, his
wife, and Mrs. Clara Maxwell, his
daughter. II. C. Flick, a neighbor,
also saw It.
Train .ot otlca-d.
Mr. Sly is an elderly man. lie had
just brought his automobile, from I lx
garage and alighted to open the pate
leading to the Southern Pacific track,
intending to cross the Pacific Highway,
when the four children came aloni; on
their way to Sunday school. They ci
invited to ride and clambered into the
car. It was apparent that neither they
nor Mr. Sly taw or heard the approach
ing train, for Mr. Sly not In and ran
the automobile on the track directly in
front of It.
The horrified witnesses heard a cranh
and saw the automobile hurled higii in
the air and fall at one ldc of the track.
The train sped on without stopping, its
engine crew unconscious of what bad
happened.
Car Thrown 30 Keet.
"It was all so sudden," related Mrs.
Maxwell, Mr. Sly's daughter. "Father
looked up the track as lie opened the
gate, hut then he waited a moment
after that for the children, anil the
train bore down meanwhile. Jut as
he went through the gate it came upon
them. If we had only Bono out to
open and close the gate for him as we
usually do, we could have prevented
the tragedy."
The car whs literally reduced to
scraps. It lay SO feet from the place
where It was btruck, with a child's
slipper on cither side of it. It was
blown to pieces as though wrecked by
a terrific Internal explosion.
Ilodirs Far tpnrt.
On 150 feet further lay a tiny girl's
glove, a Bible torn almost In two, with
one leather cover missing and Hie rim
of the steering wheer alongside. Near
by was the mangled body of the llttlo
Molts girl. Although thrown in the
air more than 150 feet, she still breathe,!
and lived for 10 minutes after she had
been taken into the house. The other
children apparently were killed in
stantly. Pieces of skull bone wers
picked up alons? the track by Rev. A.
M. Prater, pastor of t li e Presbyterian
Church. The body of the Robinettc boy
lay between the wrecked car and the
road. -The body of the Treanor boy lay
15 or 20 feet north, and 10 feet further
on Mr. Sly was picked up. unconscious.
Thirty feet beyond him was the body
of little Uorothy Treanor.
Church Services Omitted.
Mr. Sly was carried Into the house
and physicians summoned from Cres
well and Eugene. Up to a late hour to
day he had not recovered consciousness.
The people of Creswell were para
lyzed by the tragedy. At the Presby
terian Church Sunday school had gath
ered and was waiting for the arrival
of Beulah Morss, the 12-year-old organ
ist. The two Treanor children also at
tended the same Sunday school. Little
George P.obinette attended the Sunday
school at the Christian Church. All
services at both churches were sus
pended and the church bells were
tolled. lloth pastors assisted at the
stricken home.
Reulah Morss was the daughter of
Mr. and Mrs. S. S. Morss. George Robln
ette was the son of Mr. and Mrs. Henry
Roblnette.
Inquiry Is Recun.
Coroner Veatch. accompanied by
District Attorney Levers, arrived short
ly after 10 o'clock and began an in
vestigation. Thomas Achey, a boy, asserted that
he had seen the fireman cross from his
side of the cab to the engineer's side
a moment after the accident occurred
and before the train had passed Cres
well depot.
Ralph Wilkerson testified that h
saw the automobile I!""-) off the track
and that when the train rushed pant
him the mail clerk leaned out and
pointed down the track to the scene
of the accident, and Frank Smith,
a farmer, who had been unaware
of the accident, testified that ho
had been surprised to see the fire
man on the train apparently in
fcpectlng the front of his engine while
(.Concluded oa 1'sge 5, Columu 2.;
(.Concluded on race 2, Column &.)
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