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About Morning Oregonian. (Portland, Or.) 1861-1937 | View Entire Issue (June 6, 1917)
TIIE MORNING OREGONIAX, WEDNESDAY. JUNE G, 1917. 9 FRED A. JACOBS IS KILLED BY MOTOR Realty Dealer Suffers Broken Week When Caught . by Overturned Automobile. EMERGENCY BRAKE FAILS .Victim ot Accident Not Believed Badly Hart at First, but Dies in Hospital Driver or Car Bruised Only. tre& A. Jacobs, prominent Portland real estate dealer, clubman, and art col lector, was killed yesterday morning vhn he automobile In which he was riding backed off a 25-foot embankment at East Twenty-iounn street ana ai meda drive when the emergency hnir. i-ofimnil to work, nlnning Mr. Jacobs beneath the car and breaking Ills neck. Mr. Jacobs was rushed to the Good Samaritan Hospital, where he died at 11:80 o'clock, half an hour after the ac cident had happened. His chest was crushed besides the mortal Injury he received In company with J. P. Parker, rental agent for the Fred A. Jacobs Real Es tate Agency, Mr. Jacobs had started to view some property in the vicinity of Vernon. The car was being driven by Mr. Parker and he attempted to climb the Alameda hi)L When but a ehort distance up the incline, the car stopped and started to back down. Kmergency Brake Fall. Mr. Parker tried the emergency brake, but it would not hold and the car backed off the embankment, somer saulted and landed on it side. Mr. Parker, but slightly bruised, climbed from the machine and ran around to the other side of the car to find Mr. . Jacobs unconscious. It was first thought he was .but slightly Injured and he was taken to the hospital by the Ambulance Service Company. The accident happened at a most perilous place on Alameda drive and at a point where many other accidents, though not so serious, have been re corded. That part of the drive ascend ing the hill is only a block of two in length, but excessively steep. Mr. Jacobs Active Realtor. Mr. Jacobs is thought to have stood tip in the car and taken hold of the steering wheel in the confusion. He was pitched from the car when it started over the embankment, but was dragged along with the machine on its pitch down the hill. Mr. Parker re mained at the steering wheel. Mr. Jacobs was one of the best-known realty operators on the Pacific Coast. "When a member of the Jacobs-Stine Company he aided in opening up and developing some of the best residential sections of the .city. Some of the city additions developed by him are Belle Crest. Wellesley. Hyde Park. Argyle, Montclair. Wellington, Palmyra. Ribe mont, Manitou. Berkeley. Errol Heights and Dover. He carue to Portland after the San Francisco earthquake, in 1906. and had been in this city most of the time since. He was born in Chillicothe, Mo., Sep tember 15, 1S70. He moved to Califor nia and in 1891 was graduated from the University of California. He engaged in insurance business in San Francisco prior to his removal to this city .Mr. Jacobs was a Scottish Rite Ma son and a Shrlner, a member of th Multnomah Amateur Athletic Club and of the Bohemian Club, of San Fran cisco. He had long been a prominent nsiire in Realty Board activities. He is survived by his widow, whom he married in Missouri, afjlwo chil dren, Elizabeth and F"-fd A. Jacobs. Jr. His mother alsr jrvlves. Xo funeral arra ments have been made. S of Baker, Or., registered at the Im perial. J. M. Hathaway, of Eugene. Or., Is registered at the Seward. Mies Irtiey Pate registered at the Seward from Seattle, Wash. Julius Siemens," of Fresno, CaL, is registered at the Portland. Mrs. B. Tj. Reynolds, of Denver, Colo., is registered at the Perkins. Elizabeth J. Cornell, of Wenatchee, "vTtash., is at the Multnomah. Miss Myrna Conkle registered at the Oregon from Blackfoot. Idaho. Mrs. Minnie S. Darsh registered , at the Washington fr'om. Salem, Or. M Ethel" June Gibson registered st the Oregon from North Bend." Mr. and Mrs. J. W. Vightn?r. of Seattle, Wash., are at the. Cornelius. Mr. and Mrs. G. I. Stevens are at the Portland from San Francisco. Cal. Miss Rose Hastings Is at the Ritz r T X 7 " Fred A. Jacobs. Portland Real Estate Operator. Killed In Au tomobile Accident Yesterday. for a few days, and is registered from Stevenson, Wash. George W. Sorenson registered at the Multnomah from Grants Pass, Or. 1 R. Stlfflns and George Baskett, both of Lewiston, Idaho, are registered at the Washington. Miss Elizabeth Schoenwold and Miss Sophie Burke are registered at . the Ritz from Heppner, Or. Captain Buddy Ryan and his Salt Lake Bees, of the Pacific Coast League, are domiciled at the Seward. Mrs. John Folmsbe is spending a few days In Portland from Pomeroy, Wash., and while here she is registered at the Rltz Mr. and Mrs. J. G. Cruikshank are spending a few days in Portland, and are registered at the Cornelius from Hood River, Or. . - Mrs. J. T. Lawrence and two daugh ters are spending a few days shopping in Portland, and are registered at the Carlton from Ashland, Or. Mr. and Mrs. L. G. Neulsen registered from Odessa, Wash., at the Multnomah. Mr. Neulsen is a prominent banker in Odessa. He drove to Portland by auto mobile with Mr. and Mrs. G. B. Kemp, who also registered at the Multnomah. Mr. Kemp is a prominent hardware man of Odessa. S, CT A TO CHAPTER SOON ORGANIZED Prinevllle Obtains 300 for Red Cross In Single Day. PRTNEVILLE,- Or.,- June 5. A local Chapter of the Red Cross was organ ized here yesterday. Telegraphic au thority was received In the morning, and by evening over 800 members had jeen signed, and had paid the entrance fee of SI each. The securing of the charter for the local chapter was due largely to the efforts of Dr. J. H. Rosenberg, Mrs. Thomas Sharp and Mrs. T. M. Baldwin. ' PARK AT WASHINGTON TODAY UNTIL. SATURDAY NIGHT " ROBERT WARWICK The Real Man of the Screen IN "THE MAN WHO FORGOT" , A Gripping: and Soul-Stirring Drama of a Man's Regeneration and Fight to Retain His New Stand ing. Remember, "Warwick" Is Taking the Lead. ON THE SAME PROGRAMME MOLLY KING IN "The Mystery of the Double Cross" 4 i- ft r : a x - . . F . - ? r' " i ' ft 1 . v. J itt Mi 'n - 4 Special Added One-Reel Feature, TELL MORGAN'S GIRL" A Roaring Travesty A SHOW IDE LUXE Admission 15c Children 5c TRUCK CRUSHES BOY Leg Is Badly Cut and Pelvis May Be Broken. VISITOR STRUCK BY MOTOR BONE-DRY PETITIONS FILED Washington to Begin Check, on Xamcs of Electors . Today. OLTMPIA, 'Wash., June 5. The Sec retary of State tomorrow will begin to check up the names of qualified elec tors on the petitions filed in his office to stay the operation o the bone-dry prohibition law and require it to be submitted to the 'voters for approval or rejection in November, 1918. Tf 543 names on the petitions are found invalid the referendum will fail. Usually a large number of names are eliminated in the final revision of ref erendum petitions. The bone-dry law vould have become effective at mtd- Viight tomorrow night but for the f 11 ing of the petitions. If they are found deficient, the bone-dry act will become Operative Immediately upon the an. j nounceraent by the Secretary of State that the referendum movement has failed. For having forced his two children. 6 and 8 years old, to drink port wine until they were drunk, a New York father was sent to the workhouse for 30 days. ' Farmer Drives In Front of Street- car and Sustains Broken Thigh. Motorcycle Throws Rider, Breaking His Ticg. Stacey Potter, aged 14 years, was run over by a truck belonging to the East Side Transfer Company and driven by J. H. Beers, 1241 Belmont street, late yesterday afternoon at East "Water and East Morrison streets, and taken to the Good Samaritan Hospital with a badly lacerated leg and suffering from internal Injuries. The heavy truck passed over the boy when he ran from behind a tar wagon at the intersection of the two streets and directly In front ! of the truck that was going south on East Water street. Physicians made an examination upon the arrival of the boy at the hos pital, and asserted that unless Infec tion developed his leg could be saved. The extent of his Internal Injuries had not been made, but It is possible his pelvis has been fractured. Lad Suffers Great Pain. The lad lives with. his parents at 1828 East Taylor street. He was con scious when taken to the hospital, but In great pain. It Is thought he was playing in a pile of gravel with other boys prior to the accident. Four other accidents, one of them fatal and resulting In the death of Fred A. Jacobs, were reported by hospital authorities yesterday. Joe Mills. 765 East Twenty-fourth street North, a farmer, drove in front of a southbound Alberta train yester day morning and was thrown, from his buggy. Mr. Mills sustained & fracture of the right thigh and was otherwise bruised. He was taken to the Good Samaritan Hospital. The buggy was demolished, but the horse was unin jured. The accident occurred at Union avenue and Fremont street. "While starting across Morrison at Third street yesterday, P. H. Taylor, a visitor from Allegheny, Or., was hit by an automobile driven by X. Levine, 503 East Fifty-seventh street North, and sustained minor injuries. He was treated s.t the emergency hospital where It was found h had a badly cut cneeic Woman Treated for Folsonha. Arthur Kelt sustained a broken left leg yesterday morning when the motorcycle he was riding threw him at Grand avenue and East Alder street. He was taken to the Good Samaritan Hospital. He Uvea at 667 Holland street and Is 17 years of age. M. W. Rose,' Interne at the emergency hospital, treated Mrs. L. Borak, of 91 H urana avenue, for ptomaine poisoning yesterday. Her year-and-a-half-old child was also found to be suffering from the poisoning. The ptomaine de veloped about noon yesterday, but Mrs. Borack could think of nothing she had eaten that would have poisoned her. They were not badly poisoned. CEIMTRALIA GIVES DIPLOMAS FIto Members of Class of 53 Are In Federal Military Service. CENTRALIA, "Wah.. June 8. (Spe cial.) The school year in Centralia was brought to a clow tonight, with the commencement exercises of the 1917 class of the high school. The 1917 class numbers 63 members, but four members, however, were not present at the commencement. Earl Acker, Cranston Goddard, Dewey Ewers and Edward Hall having enlisted in various branches of the military serv ice. Fred Van Odder, another mem ber of the class, was granted leave of absence to be with his class tonight. The commencement addTess was de livered by T. R. Cole, assistant super intendent of Seattle schools. The diplomas were presented by J. C. Wat son, chairman of the School Board. The officers of the class are Norman Hall, president; Rose Parmenter,-vice-president; Glenn Baker, secretary; Clarence Moffatt, treasurer. 800 ALIENS GET PERMITS Character of Each Applicant to En ter Armory TJmlt Investigated. The force at the United States Mar shal's office has sighed the deep sigh of genuine relief. Approximately 800 permits have been issued to aliens In the past week to pass within the pro hibited radius of the National Guard . Armory. It is thought that the task, except for a scattering few, has been completed. Each applicant was personally exam-"' lned and his character determined be fore the prised permit was issued. Senate Adjourns Till Friday. WASHINGTON". June 6. The Senate, after a short session today, adjourned., until Friday In observation of regis tration day and to permit members to . visit Confederate veterans. Senator Bankhead. only surviving Confederate,' soldier In the Senate, wore a gray uni form and In a speech paid a glowing tribute to the loyalty of the veterans. ' A Missouri Inventor's stump puller Is featured by a curved fulcrum that ' enables all stumps not large enough to require blasting or burning to be re moved by band. Good, of Salem. Or., is at of Astoria, Or., is at the la at Is at is at of San Francisco, is PERS0!IALMEIITI0ll. John- Stranb, of Eugene. Or., is at the Imperial. II. TLk Sale, of San Francisco, is at the Portland. George E. the Oregon. K. A. Buill, Multnomah. Thomas E. Sate, of Condon, Or., the Carlton. 1 F. B. Waite. of Sutherlln, Or, the Imperial. H. T. Prince, of Prinevllle, Or., is at the Portland. W. V. Staffors, at the Oregon. J. T. Holcomb, of San Francisco, Is st the Carlton. Harry Kurtz, of Rainier, Or, Is at the Washington. M. F. Uurall, of Toppenish, Wash., is at the Cornelius. C. M. Christensen, of Hlllsboro, Or, Is at the Oregon. Rev. H. H. Wlkcoff, of San Francisco, is at the Seward. ' George Thorntness registered at the Ritz from Seattle. Smith B. Holt registered from Thomas, Or., at the Perkins. J. Matty registered from McMinnvllle, Or., at the Perkins. R. W. Planap registered from Albany, Or., at the Terkins. W. E. Wilson, of Salem, Or.7 Is Regis tered at the Oregon. E. R. Wright, of Detroit. Mich, is registered at the Ritz. Miss Mary D. .Finger Is at the Per kins from Roseburg, Or. B. E. Cobb, of The Dalles, Or., Is reg istered at the Cornelius. Tom L. Osteen, of Monmouth, Or., Is registered at the Seward. M. Xj. Thompson, a banker of Pendle ton, Or., is at the Imperial. Austin Brownell. of Gardiner, Or, is registered at the Carlton. W. F. Robinson registered from Tur lock. Cat., at the Carlton. P, J. 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Yon cannot go wrong in using VEGETOLE; for this is an Armour Oval Label Product, identified by the famous label that marks the top grade of each, Armour pure food. . Ask your dealer for the size of pall you require; VEGETOLE comes in four sizes of pails. armourAcompany H 5- n.i.. ... CHAHI.KSH.SO.MMER.MrT.. -fourteenth and I- lander St Phone Main 7816, Portland. Or. XPRODUCT 1 wdmm L Through Sleeping Car to YELLOWSTONE leaves Portland Union Station 6:15 p.m. daily beginning June 18, via Famous COLUMBIA. RIVE REROUTE UNION PACIFIC SYSTEM POPULAR WAY to YELLOWSTONE Round-Trip Fare. $76.15 ineludtt $-day Pamphtt Tour (automoMt of the Park Hotel Tour, $9.00 more CITY OFFICE Washington at Third Street Wm. McMumy, General Piwengtr A feat y BuBculi CYWC f union svaTtoM ao pm ArrtvM NEW YORK r".',TVTVS;", 5.23 PM Limited in time unlimited in service, Pennsylvania Lines THE BEST WAYANY J)AY Other New York trains leave Chicago at 8.45 AM. 1 0. 00 AM, 1 0.30 AM, 1 2.40 PM, 3.1t fM, 8.00 rM, 8.15 FM, 9.40 PM, 11.4b I'M and lZ.Vi AM. For particulars consult Local TSdtet AftnU. or oddrezs J. .V. CAMPBF.l.l CHstnct Ajtmt. Jfatlvmr jrmt Kl1g. , ICS J hiril St . . 'Wl Afatn . . . m 107.2
