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VOL. LX NO. 10,012
Entered at Pnrlltnd (Oreiron)
Posrofffr rs SMn1-riaM .Matter.
PORTLAND, OREGON, THURSDAY, OCTOBER 27, 1921
26 PAGES
PRICE FIVE CENTS
SEPTEMBER GASOLINE
TAXES ARE $110,409
EQUALITY FOR ALL
IS HARDING'S PLEA
N0RTHCLIFFE SCORES
OLD-TIME ALLIANCE
ROBBER KILLS GUARD;
SEIZES MAIL POUCH
SAN FRANCISCO FERRY POST
OFFICE SCENE OF HOLDTJP.
EXCESS PROFITS TAX
REPEAL NOW CERTAIN
10 ARE KILLED,
TOTAL receipts from levy
AXGLO-JAPAA'ESE PACT HELD
NO LONGER NEEDED.
LAW TO EXPIRE WITH COL
LECTION THIS YEAR.
OS FUELS $1,559,070.
BOARD 10 IKE
IB APPEAL
IRK
SCENIC
HIGHWAYS SLATED
ONE HURT N CRASH
Final Effort to Prevent
Strike to be Today.
DELHI WILL BE ASKED
Suspension of Walkout Until
After Decision on Further
Cuts to Be Proposal.
Y0TE IS LAID TO FEAR
Men Believe Roads Will Ask
for Additional Changes in
Rules, Say Leaders.
CHICAGO, Oct. 26. (By the
Associated Press.) The government
will make its final attempt to pre
vent the threatened general railroad
strike tomorrow morning at 9 o'clock
when presidents, general chairmen
and executive committees of the five
train service unions meet here at a
conference reported to have been
arranged at the instigation of the
United States railroad labor board.
The board's investigation of the
causes of the strike threat ended
abruptly at 8:30 tonight when the
five union leaders asked permission
to make an announcement to their
men and " then called tomorrow's
meeting.
Union leaders tonight said that
the meeting tomorrow "had been
called at the suggestion of Ben W.
Hooper, vice-chairman of the board,
and that they expected him per
sonally to present a final proposition
from the board. Mr. Hooper refused
to confirm or deny this. Judge
R. M. Barton, chairman, Baid that its
decision on today's hearing might be
rendered tomorrow and certainly
would be forthcoming by the next
day.
Situation Held Darker.
Each of the presidents of the five
transportation group unions said,
however, that the prospects for a
settlement "certainly were no better
than they were this morning," while
two went farther, declaring that
"the clouds were darker than ever."
It was understood that the board
would make the following proposals
to the unions tomorrow:
That the unions suspend or call
off the strike ordered by Sunday and
based on the wage cut made last
July pending decisionsby the board
on further wage cuts or on any re
vision of rules which the employes
fear the roads will ask. The roads
already have announced their inten
tion of seeking a 10 per cent wage
cut for the train service men, in ad
dition to the 12 per cent slash of
July. Many roads have indicated a
desire to abrogate time and a half
for overtime, also.
Throughout today's hearing the
union leaders insisted fear of
changes in rules and fear of further
wage reductions had influenced their
men in voting to strike. The board
is understood to be prepared to urge
that this fear of something which
may happen in the future is not suf
ficient grounds for a strike and that
the men cannot lose anything by
waiting for those decisions to be
rendered.
Chairmen Called to Conference.
The unexpected ending of the
board's hearing after little more
than an hour had been devoted to
taking testimony of the railroads'
side followed whispered conferences I
among the union leaders. I
W. G. Lee, president of the train-
men, asked permission to make an j
announcement to his general chair
men, 160 of whom were present. He
called them to meet here at 9 A. M.
tomorrow. W. S. Stone of the engi- ,
neers, L. E. Sheppard of the con- '
ductors, W. S. Carter of the firemen j
and T. C. Cashen of the switchmen
made similar announcements, and :
after a brief statement from R. M. J
Barton, chairman of the labor board,
that the board's decision on whether
the unions had violated the July 1 i
wage cut order would be handed !
down either tomorrow or Friday, the !
meeting was adjourned. j
Whether the proposal which the
board is expected to make tomorrow
tCoociuded on Paga 2, Column 1.)
Sales Increase 712,043 Gallons
Over Same Month Last Year,
Mr. Kozer Reports.
SALEM, Or.. Oct. 26. (Special.)
Taxes received by the secretary of
state from distributors of gasoline
and distillate In Oregon for Septem
ber aggregated $110,409.91. Of this
amount 154.567.65 was paid under the
1919 law and i55.842.2S under the law
of 1921.
Sales of gasoline In Oregon for
September aggregated E, 329.302.4 gal
lons, as against 4,617,259 gallons for
the same month In 1920. This Infor
mation was contained in a statement
prepared here today by Sam A. Kozer,
secretary of state.
Total receipts of the state treasury
to date, on account of the tax on sales
of gasoline, distillate and other motor
fuels, were Jl, 550, 070. 83. Since March
1. 1921, when the refund provision of
the tax laws first became effective,
warrants have been issued for S13,
000.89, representing rebates payable
on account of motor vehicle fuels
having been purchased and used for
the operation of farm tractors, motor
boats, cleaning establishments and
for other commercial purposes.
The law provides that taxes paid
on motor vehicle fuels by the oil
distributors shall be refunded to the
individual purchaser upon presenta
tion to the secretary of state of an
affidavit showing that such fuels
were purchased for purposes other
than the operation of vehicles upon
the public highways.
Claims for refunds must, however,
be filed within 90 days from the date
of purchase, and the original invoices
must be attached in all cases.
STATE DELEGATES PICKED
Ex-Service Men to Take Part In
Unknown Soldier Burial.
SALEM. Or., Oct. 26. (Special.)
Captain Cicero F. Hogan and John C.
Burgard, Portland Bervice men, and
Howard W. Wight, professor at Ore
gon Agricultural college and a par
ticipant in the world war, today were
appointed by Governor Olcott to take
part in the funeral procession in
honor of the unknown soldier who
will be burled on Armistice day, No
vember 11, in Arlington cemetery,
Virginia. The three service men will
go east as official representatives of
this state.
The appointments were made at the
request of Secretary of War Weeks
and the three service men honored by
Governor Olcott will attend the cere
monies at the expense of the govern
ment. U. S. CONSUL IS STABBED
Unidentified Assailants Attack Of
ficial in Mexico.
WASHINGTON, D. C, Oct. 26. Lloyd
Burlingham, American consul at Sa
lina Crux. Mexico, was attacked and
stabbed by unidentified assailants In
the consulate last Monday night, ac
cording to advices today to the state
department. The consul's injuries, the
advices said, were believed not to be
of a serious nature, consisting only
of two wounds in the left arm.
The Mexican minister of foreign
affairs, Albert rani, the dispatches
said, had expressed deep regret at
the incident and promised that all
possible measures would be taken .by
his government to bring about the ap
prehension and punishment of the
consul's assailants.
F0CH AND PERSHING RACE
Legion Anxious to Have General
Reach Gotham First.
NEW YORK. Oct. 26. Officials of
the American Legion are on tho
anxious seat for fear Marshal Foch
will beat General Pershing to Amer
ica, They sent a wireless today to
the stokers of the steamship George
Washington urging them to do their
utmost to get the vessel here In time
to allow the American commander to
greet the marshal when the latter
stops from the steamship Paris.
Both vessels are due about 1 P. M.
Friday.
SIERRA'S SHAFT BREAKS
Motorsliip Makes Part of Run With
Only One Engine Working.
ASTORIA, Or.. Oct. 26. (Special.)
The motorship Sierra, which ar
rived tonight from San Pedro, was
towed into port by the tug Oneonta.
One of her main shafts broke when
she was off Cape Blanco and she
made the rest of the run with one
engine.
The Sierra has an extra shaft on
hoard and it will be installed while
the vessel Is loading lumber at West
port. PLANE FALLS, TWO KILLED
Aviation Officers Victims of Mla
Iih at Honolulu.
HONOLULU. T. H.. Oct. 26. Lieu
tenant L'lric Bouquet of Brooklyn,
N. Y, and Staff Sergeant Vernon E.
VU-kers of Montgomery, Ala., were
killed today when their airplane
crashed to the ground in flames
while they were attempting to Join
a flight formation at a 2000-feet alti
tude. The bodies and airplane were
badly burnedi
Lieutenant Bouquet was 81 years
old and commanded an intelligence,
unit.
President in South Hits
at Race Hatreds.
GREAT CROWD CHEERS TALK
Negro Problem No Longer
Sectional, Says Speaker.
RACE PARTNERSHIP VITAL
Opportunity Must Be Given for
Black to Develop in Every Pos-
siblo Way, South Is Told.
BIRMINGHAM, Ala., Oct. 26. North
andi south, whites and blacks, were
admonished by President' Harding to
day to put aside old prejudices and
pretenses and set the face of the
nation courageously toward a con
structive and permanent solution of
the race problem.
In a sweeping presentation of his
views, which was received with vary
ing manifestations of emotion by a
crowd of several thousand whites and
negroes, the president declared social
equality between the races must not
be considered a possibility, but that
the black man must have an Increased
political, economic and educational
opportunity if the American nation
Is to live true to its traditions of
democracy.
Great Crowd Hear Talk.
The address, one of five delivered
by the president during a day's visit
to the Birmingham semi-centennial
celebration. Was driven home with
vigorous gesture and deliberate ut
terance. He spoke with a manifest
determination to make the pronounce
ment one of the most plain-spoken of
his administration.
The crowd was packed In the in
adequate confines of Woodrow Wil
son park, and many hundreds on the
outskirts, apparently unable to hear,
kept up a hubbub which made his
declarations inaudible to all but those
close by. Repeated cheering awept
the segregated' sections allotted to the
negroes as they caught portions of
the speech. In the white section there
were occasional ripples of applause
as the significance of a phrase here
and there was realised and pondered
by those near the speaker.
Demonstrations Are Numerous.
In other parts of the city Mr. Hard
ing was received with a succession of
intensive demonstrations. For a mile
he rode through crowds in a parade,
a roar of cheering accompanying him.
He was cheered nearly a minute when
he appeared, to speak at a luncheon,
and he received repeated applause as.
attired In cap and gown, he addressed
students of Birmingham Southern col
lege, and then, wearing a Masonic
apron, he laid the cornerstone of a
new Masonic temple
Throughout the day the president
insisted that his visit was wholly
non-partisan and everywhere he was
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Solution of Pacific Problems Made
Difficult by Pre-War Agree
ment, Says Publisher.
NEW YORK. Oct. 26. (By the As
sociated Press.) The Anglo-Japanese
alliance "undoubtedly is the dominat
ing factor which prevents an unfet
tered attempt by Great Britain, Japan
and the United States to solve prob
lem of the Pacific," declared Lord
Northcllffe to a Reuter correspon
dent who interviewed him in Hong
kong yesterday.
According to the correspondent's
dispatch. Lord Northcllffe gave as a
reason for his opinion that the alli
ance placed the United States "outside
of the very definite arrangements for
the control of China."
"During the last two years," he is
quoted as saying, "I have been coming
to the conclusion that the Anglo-Japanese
alliance has outrun its useful
ness Japan faithfully carried out the
compact during the war and she has
been well rewarded. The purpose of
the Washlpgton conference is to reach
a mutual agreement, but the United
States is handicapped by an arrange
ment made by Japan and Great Brit
ain concerning the chief problem of
the Pacific.
"A prolongation of the alliance only
serves to Irritate public and official
opinion In the United States, humili
ates China and adds nothing to the
prestige of Great Britain in Asia.
"It cannot assist In establishing co
operation as a means of helping China,
and it prevents reconciliation of the
diverging Interests of Japan and the
United States. At present China can
not give satisfactory national guaran
tees, so there is urgent necessity for
making international assistance to
China a practical possibility.
"I hold that there can be no solu
tion of the Pacific problems which
does not rest on the solid foundation
of Anglo-American friendship and co
operation." CHARLES MUST ABDICATE
Demand Made for Surrender of All
Dynastic Rights.
BUDAPEST, Oct. 26. (By the Asso
ciated Press.) The Hungarian gov
ernment today asked ex-Emperor
Charles to abdicate and to recognize
cessation of his dynastic rights. ,
He was ordered to surrender to
British authorities and ' was told an
answer was expected today.
Former Minister of the Interior
Benlezky, an active participant in
Charles's attempt to regain the Mag
yar throne, was arrested today and
Imprisoned in Budapest. A report was
current today that the authorities had
picked up a dispatch purporting to
come from ex-Emperor William of
Germany, extending congratulations
to Charles on his entry into Hungary.
There was no confirmation.
PLUNDER TOTAL MILLIONS
New York Holdup One of Biggest
in Criminal History.
NEW YORK. Oct. 26. Developments
today in the Investigation of the mail
truck holdup last Monday night indi
gated that the stolen securities might
total In value several million dollars.
It is declared one of the heaviest
plunders in American criminal history
Loot Recovered Intact Frank
B. Adams Sliot When About to
Aim Rifle at Outlaw.
SAN FRANCISCO. Oct. 26. Frank
B. Adams, guard at the ferry postof
flce, early today was shot and killed
by a robber, who seised a pouch of
registered mail. The pouch, contain
ing 120 pieces of mall, was recovered.
Mr. Adams was shot as he was
about to aim a rifle at the robber. He
died at an emergency hospital before
an ante-mortem statement could be
obtained from him.
Two clerks. W. W. Needham and
Wlllard S. Fleming, were held up also
by the robber and forced to enter a
vault after the shooting of Mr. Adams.
While they were in the vault they saw
the robber disappear with 'the pouch
of registered mail.
Ab far as la known, the outlaw had
no accomplices and used no convey
ance in getting away from the scene
of the shooting.
Search for the outlaw In lodging
houses along the water front and con
necting streets continued throughout
the day without any clews being
found other than the recovery of the
mall pouch.
The pouch, recovered this afternoon
two blocks west of the Ferry build
ing, bore the original padlock and no
cut had been made In It. postal offi
cials declared. Examination of the
registered matter within proved the
contents intact.
Postal authorities declared their
belief that the outlaw had lost his
nerve after he had fired at Adams. '
KISSES LURE HUBBY AWAY
Affection Shifts to Another When
Vibrating Kind Is Tasted.
CHICAGO. Oct. 26. (Special.)
Mrs. Marian. Miller, 4878 Magnolia
avenue, testified Tuesday In her di
vorce suit that she had the following
conversation with her husband after
his affections had shifted to another
woman: 1
"Is she more beautiful than I am
that she hs stolen your affections?"
I asked him.
"You are far more beautiful," he
answered. '
"There is another reason? Is it that
her personality is more interesting?"
"If you Insist upon knowing." he
answered, "I must tell you that It -is
her kisses.' .Your kisses were always
given dutifully, while hers vibrate
the essence of life"
Judge Sabath granted her a divorce
and $100 a month alimony.
MOVIE SETS BAD EXAMPLE
Imitation of Picture Stunts Re
sults in Injuries to Child.
DAYTON. O., Oct. 26. Imitation of
"stunts" seen in moving pictures re
sulted today in the arrest of 11-year-old
Emerson George for investiga
tion Into injuries inflicted on three-
year-old Everett Sortman. son of Mr.,
and Mrs. Charles Sortman. I
The Sortman child was found after
an all-night search tied to a bush.
Wounds were found on his head and
he was rushed to a hospital, where
physicians said he would live.
George told police he had punched
the three-year-old boy with a stick
when he tried to get loose from his
bonds.
Another Loop Section to
Be Advertised.
CAVES GAP TO BE FILLED
Pacific and West Side Paving
to Be Finished in 1922.
CRATER ROAD TO GET AID
State Commission Makes Start on
Sherman Highway by Awarding
Contract for 16 Miles.
DOINGS OF HIGHWAY COM
MISSION. Another section of Mount
Hood loop ordered prepared for
advertising. .
Two sections of Crater Lake
road to be advertised for next
month, leaving but six miles
unimproved.
Bids for five-mile gap on road
to Oregon" caves asked for next
meeting.
Announce Pacific highway
will be finished in Linn county
next year and west side high
way also finished.
No more state roads will be
put on mapvuntll further
finances are available from leg
islature. Several contracts held up
pending decision of counties
financially Interested.
Start on Sherman highway
made by letting 16-mile con
tract. At least one more section of the
Mount Hood loop, in Hood River
county; two sections of . the Crater
lake highway, in Jackson county,
and a section of the road to the
Oregon caves, in Josephine county,
were ordered advertised for bids by
the state highway commission last
night before adjournment. Contracts
on these projects are to be awarded
at the next regular meeting. All
three projects are scenic roads.
Proposals for road work received
yesterday were as sensationally iow
as those of Tuesday. A seven-Inch
concrete pavement was offered for
1295 more than a five-Inch bitumin
ous pavement on a four-mile job. It
was the lowest price ever offeren
the commission for concrete. As the
two types were offered for prac
tically the same turn, the commis
sion made the award to concrete.
This Is the second concrete pave
ment Job let this week. Apparently
the cement Interests are determined
to get a substantial share of the
paving business, for the bids at this
letting have been far under any pre
vious concrete proposals.
Nine-Mile I.oon Section Ordered.
On the Mount Hood loop road the
commission directed the engineer to
prepare for advertising the nine-mile
section from Booth Hill to the forest
boundary. This will adjoin the sec
tion now under contract. A petition
was received from the Hood River
county court that another section be
let. In order that work can be provid
ed for residents of the county, now
that the apple harvest has been dis
posed of. The clearing of the pro
posed section can be carried on
through the winter with little or no
interruption from snow.
Another substantial chunk will be
built In the Crater Lake highway. The
county of Jackson, which has already
spent $400,000 on the road, offers an
other $100,000, but this must be spent
between Cingkald's hill and Medford.
This Job Is to be advertised for the
next letting. Then from Trail to
Cascade gorge. 16 miles, the commis
sion will advertise this for the next
meeting, the state taking into con
sideration the money the county has
already put Into the highway. This
will leave but six miles unimproved
between Trail and Prospect.
Caves Contract to Be Let.
There remain about five miles of
road on the Oregon caves road, be
tween the forest boundary and Kelly
creek. The county has 610.000 to
apply and the state will furnish the
rest. The entire Job is roughly esti
mated at $40,000. As an incentive to
the highway commission to act. the
county offers to maintain the road
from Grants Pass to Waldo until fur
ther funds are made available to the
1 highway commission by the legisla
ture. '
Request that the state assist fur
ther in building the Tiller Trail cut
off to Crater lake from Roseburg
was shelved. The commission ex
plained that It cannot put more roads
on the state map until further funds
are available and that means action
some time in the future by the legis
lature. Various delegations were in
formed repeatedly by the commission
that the state road money is getting
to the bottom of the sack.
Lebanon Road ConMldered.
I An agreement was entered into be
tween the commission and Linn coun
ty regarding the road from Albany via
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Senate Votes Down 2 Amendments
Providing for Levy on Earnings
After Januury 1, 1922.'
WASHINGTON'. D. C. Oct. 26. Re
peal of the excess profits tax as of
next January 1 was made certain to
day with the adoption by the senate
without a record vote of a provision
In the tax revision bill providing only j
tor us collection this calendar year.
The provision adopted Is a substitute
for the excess profits section of the
existing law.
Before accepting the original pro
vision, the senate voted down, 42 to'
31, an amendment by Senator Reed,
proposing that for 1921 and there
after the excess profits tax be 20 per
cent on the net Income of corporations
between 15 per cent and 50 per cent
of the Invested capital and 40 per cent
on the net income in excess of 60 per
cent. Six republicans joined the dem
ocratic minority in supporting the
amendment. They were Borah, John
son, Kenyon, La Follette, Norbeck
asd Norrls.
The senate also voted down, 42 to
33, another Reed amendment propos
ing that the excess profits tax be 20
per cent of the net income in excess
of 50 per cent of the invested capital.
Eight republicans Borah, Capper.
Johnson, Kenyon, La Follette, Mc
Nary. Norbeck and Norrls supported
this amendment, and one democrat.
Glass, opposed It.
Having disposed of the excess
profits section, the senate proceeded
to consideration of the corporation
Income tax section under agreement
that it would dispose of, on the cal
endar day tomorrow, all amendments
except that offered by Senator Walsh,
democrat, Massachusetts. The Walsh
amendment proposes In lieu of the
15 per' cent Ipcome tax on corpora
tions recommended by the finance
committee, a graduated tax as fol
lows: Twelve and one-half per cent on the
net Income UP to $100,000; 15 per cent
on the net income between $100,000
and $300,000; 20 per cent between
$300,000 and $500,000, and 25 per cent
on the amount in excess of $500,000.
A committee amendment limiting,
after next January 1. the $2000 exemp
tion now allowed corporations to cor
porations having net Incomes of $2500
or less was adopted without objection
or a record vote.
As a result of the unanimous con
sent agreement, the republicans held
In abeyance their plan to force a con
tinuous session and the senate ad
journed at 6:30 P M. until 11 A. M.
tomorrow.
BABY BEATS BOARD BILL
Judge Rules Child Cannot Re Held
Away From Parents.
SAX DIEGO. Cal., Oct. 26. A baby
cannot be held because Its parents
havn not nald Its board bill. That was
the ruling made today by Superior
Judge Marsh wnen Mrs. Kiien snmn
was ordered to bring Into court on
habeas corpus proceedings little Dor
othy Mae Walker, whom she had kept
for several months, the bill being $60.
Testimony was given that Mrs.
Muriel Walker and her husband, par
ents of the little girl, separated last
March, and that Mrs. Walker left the
baby with Mrs. smith, necently the
nnrents became reconciled and Mrs.
Walker started proceedings to get
the bahy back.
INDEX OF TODAY'S NEWS
i
The Weather. J
YESTERDAY'S Highest temperature. 65 !
degrees; lowest, 4tt; rain. ,
TODAY'S Rain.
foreign.
Rusla In throe, of reconstruction of .
broken economic and industrial situ
ation. Page -0.
New Wirth cabinet chosen. Page 15.
National.
Finance prooiema Ignored in arms agenda,
Pago 3.
Repeal of excess proflta tax certain.
Page 1.
Radio news service to orient popular.
Page 16.
Ltomea I lc.
Business In Texas reflects solidity. Pagee 8.
Florida storm loss well into million!.
Page 4.
Mr. Stone says unions are fighting for
their lives. Page 2.
Mail robber kills guard. Page 1.
President pleads for equality of oppor
tunity for all. Page 1.
Priest is lured to death by fake call to
dying. Page 4.
Rail labor board to make another appeal
to men. Page 1.
Anglo-Japanese alliance no longer needed,
says Lord Northcllffe. Page 1.
Pacific Northwest.
Gasoline taxes for September are 1110,403
Page 1. '
Mrs. Southard recalls nothing on stand.
Page J.
Sports.
Meeting to plan golf club to be called
soon. Page 1R.
Washington gets breaks and beats Com
merce, 13 to 0. Page 14.
Twenty-five Bears entrain for Portland
to meet Pullman. Page 14.
Commercial and Marine.
Hop market stimulated by medicinal beer
ruling. Page 17.
Reselling hy exporters depresses wheat at
Chicago. Page 17.
Liberty bonds firmer on lighter dealings.
Page 1".
Ten ships of Suzuki fleet will toad grain
and lumber at Portland. Page 10.
. Portland and Vicinity.
Supporters of exposition win in tax de
bate. Page la.
Work on Oregon's scenic highways slated.
Page 1.
Mind of Joseph J. Henderson thought un
strung when he slew his wife. Page 10.
Sawmill center moves westward. Page 20.
Koads prepare for action in event threat
ened strike materializes. Page a.
Alien nationals In Oregon and stale so
cieties to promote fair. Page 13.
Federal reserve report reviews industrial
conditions on coast. Page 16.
Two school teachers killed and one Injured
when train hits auto. Page 1.
Contracts on Alumerta school let by board.
Page 11.
Patrolman is gloomy, for Eitfga boy's home
la found. Page tl.
Mt. Hood Electric Train
Dashes Into Motorcar.
SCHOOL TEACHERS VICTIMS
Automobile Hurled 100 Feet
When Hit at Crossing.
POWELL VALLEY IS SCENE
L. A. Burlingame, Principal at
Orient, and Bertha Spencer,
Lusted Instructor, Dead.
Two persons were killed almost
outright and another was Injured,
probably fatally, when an extra work
train on the Mount Hood line. In
bound, crashed Into an automobile at
the Powell valley road crossing, 20
miles east of Portland, at 4:45 o'clock,
last evening.
Those killed were:
L. A. Burlingame, 31 years old.
principal of school at Orient, Or.
Miss Bertha Spencer, 21, teacher at
Lusted school.
Miss Grace Fteldhouse, principal at
the I. lifted school, was brought to the
Good Samaritan hospital with seri
ous Injuries. She received fractures
of both legs, a broken hip and possi
bly a fractured skull. Her recovery
was considered doubtful.
Detnlla of Accident Meager.
Meager information had been re
ceived, relative to the tragedy last
night. The heavy electrio train and
the light automobile met at the cross,
lng and the motorcar was hurled and
dragged for a distance'of nearly 100
feet. Whether or not the automobile
became stalled Just as It reached the
crossing was not known.
The train was in charge of John
Erb, motorman, and L. E. Bleu, con
ductor, both of whom are veteran em
ployes of the Portland Railway, Light
& Power company.
Mr. Burlingame had been a princi
pal at the Orient school for two years,
He was a cripple, one leg having been
amputated Just below the knee.
Both Miss Spencer and Miss Field
house lived at Gresham, as did Prin
cipal Burlingame.
Mr. Burlingame was married last
summer and his wife has been teach
ing school at Ilockwood. He for
merly lived at Fairvlew but recently
removed to Gresham.
Mr. Burlingame, since removing to
Gresham. had been driving Miss
Fieldhouse and Miss Spencer to and
from their schools, and they were
en route home to Gresham when tha
tragic accident occurred.
Women State IVormal Graduates.
Miss Spencer was 21 years old and
was a graduate of the Gresham Union
High school as well as the state nor
mal school at Monmouth. She leaves
a father. Lester Spencer of Gresham.
Miss Fieldhouse also Is a graduate
of the Gresham High school and the
Mdnmouth normal. Her mother, Mrs.
Martha Fieldhouse. lives at Gresham,
where other relatives also reside.
A report of the accident brought to
Portland by Deputy Coroner Goetsch
was that the automobile, driven by
Mr. Burlingame, a P P r o a c h e d tha
crossing with curtains drawn. He
was of the opinion, after talking with
wltneeses. that Mr. Burlingame was
not expecting the extra train at that
time, as he had been in the habit
of crossing the tracks at about the
same hour each night. With a drizzle
of rain on the windshield vision was
obscured and with curtains in place
the warning blasts of ttie whistle
were unheard, he thought.
Train Runt at High Speed.
Deputy tioetsch waJl of the opinion
that the work train was traveling at
a rapid rate at the time of the acci
dent, as the auto was pushed and
dragged tor a, distance of about five
telephone pole lengths before the
train was brought lo a standstill.
The bodies of the killed were taken
to the Metsger undertaking parlors
at Gresham, where they were kept
until the arrival of the coroner.
Mr. Burlingame evidently died as
the result of a fractured skull.
The lower portion of Miss Spen
cer's body was mangled. Death was
instantaneous.
The accident occurred about one
mile east of Gresham.
l'OKTLAXDEIt HIT BY TKAI.V
Samuel Director Seriously Injured
by Oregon Electric.
SALEM. Or., Oct. 26. (Special.)
Samuel Director of 275 Wood street,
Portland, was Injured seriously when
an automobile truck In which he was
riding was run down by a southbound
Oregon Electric train near Chemawa
this afternoon. He was taken to a
local hospital.
Mr. Director was brought to Salem
Immediately following the accident,
and it was first thought that his In
juries would prove fatal. Physicians
said tonight, however, that his con
dition had shown a marked improve
ment and that he prohably would re
cover. '
Witnesses of the accident said that
Mr. Director apparently did not see
the approaching train because of.
e ofrft
demol
heavy rain. The truck was
ished. Besides Internal Injuries, Mr.
Director was bruised and lacerated.
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