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THURSDAY, NOVEMBER SO, 1D22. THE OREGON DAILY JOURNAL, PORTLAND, OREGON. 7 TISAIi! IflllS W i SHAVER OP. i AUTO! OTHERS S VREGKED Ccir tinned from FwOne) Uia croMtnf from the-Unoe ft was , visible 400 feet down the track. 'BEAKS HE1P ? UTILE - ' Fred' A. 'Rasch. examiner for the . pvblic service -commission. stated to day that the, train could hardly have topped in that distance bad the motor maH .applied the brake after-first me fine the automobile. He said a train rot that type cannot go more than 47, to 4S, miles an hour, as has Dee proven jr.; recent tests.' ,, a 3 - - Rascfr stated he weald examine the accident further and .make "a report. He was not , certain.; that a 'hearing : would be. held before the commission. .That will be determined, after the re- -nort "has been submitted. .v Captain Charles Cox ef ; the ' Shaver Transportation company eaw the acci- dent . from the river steamer Hercules. He could only see the top of the auto mobile, he said. it appeared to him . ! aa if .the automobile stopped - directly 'on the tracks and then .lurched for 'ward, but the train, was upon it. before 'tit could clear the tracks. -He said that 1 1 so 'far as he knew Lincoln Shaver was ha. rood driver and capable of handling i an' antomoblle In almost any. emer- I'gency. . '. .,'.. if TO HOLD 1XQUE8T tieputy Corontr Leo Goetcb- said i Inquest probably would be held Friday A -double funeral . will . he . neid tor thei 8haver brothers from Flnley'a chapel at 2 :J0o'clock Saturday after noon, with final service at the jPort- land crematorium. , . The Shaver brothers were killed at 4 o'clock Wednesday afternoon when the automobile in which they were" riding ' was struck by a special inbound South- em i facinc eiecinc inwu carry injr j, j A. C studenta bound borne for the holi days.;" There was not Urn for the unfortu nate men to Jump from their machine. Th train, mi-r ara in lenrth. Mtnwlr ! the automobile broadside and smashed I it into hundreds of pieces. Wreckage was scattered in all directions. ' The bodies of the two men,. badly i mutilated, were found under the train ' after it had come to a stop In Its ' length six cars.. Lincoln Shaver body was lying under the front trucks : of the leading car. It Was mangled i almost beyond recognition. Farther ' down' the aide of the track' almost to 'the middle of the train was found the body . of J. W. Shaver. He was alive 1 when trainmen' reached, bis side, but ; be died before ' first aid could reach i mm. :' - The bodies were taken in charge by the coroner and sent to the morgue. The tram came on to Portland after the fatal accident, and Its conductor. K. , M. Kenfro, No. S1J Tibbetts street, re- ported to his office. The engineer, H. . M. Mooney, No. 4303 East 38th street, also' made a statement to his superiors. Engineer Mooney told police that he ! stopped the tram as quickly as pos sible. He said he "saw the automobile coming, onto the tracks and blew his whistle, warning the driver of the ap proach of the train. He said when he aw the car stalled he applied all emergency brakes, , but he could not top before be was upon the car. The .train, which was. traveling at an esti waed-speed 4miies.-aa--i-hewrr struck the car in the center and split n in two. - - - " Traffic Investigator TX R. Mobley of the police department was on the scene a few 'minutes -after the accident and made an Inquiry. "r Fred A. Rasch. examiner for the - public service .commission of Oregon, ' was, on the scene immediately after the accident He made a hasty sketch of , the locality to aid him in submitting a : preliminary report . to . the commis sion, who ' will determine whether more complete hearing is to be - au- .- thoried There : Is no bell or other warning signal at .the spot-where the accident -occurred, and the commission may consider the advisability of in stalling a permanent signal for pedes triana and motorists. ; "rrASWKI.X. sarowx Captain J. W. Shaver was known to : thousands of Oregonians as one of the most experienced steamboat men in this part of the country-' As manager of the. Shaver Transportation company he was active In the affairs of the water front. Captain Shaver i J steamer, "RyOta." ' first operated the on the ' Salem-Fort- Victims of Grossing Accident and Wreck of Their gar t fc H.W.J'.1" ULLiuiDI .III. ...... ....iir....... I if ' i t Mrs. Harding Has r Turkey Served in Her Own Eooin it -V J 4 . . v,rv if: i. f r - '' ' 1 -' I i " x-. Washington, Nor. o. TJ. P.) Cele ation of Thanksgiving day at the White House was a quiet family af fair. . . . ' - President and Mrs. Harding bad an unpretentious - little dinner for two served in Mrs.- Harding's own room, luxuriant with flowers sent by. numer ous friends. ':-&" -v.-.v- - The simple dinner today contrasted strikingly with the ; elaborate spread of other yeara -: when relatives : ana friends of . the family have gathered about the huge banquet table in the state dining room on the lower, n of the mansion. ' r c ? " There was turkey.' cranberry aauce and the usual trimmings for the presi dent. Mrs;-Harding, en account of her condition, was allowed only a light dinner, but was permitted to teste of the wide - assortment of fruit whici was sent as a gift from the depart ment of agriculture. . Jh rsBsj J the five sons of George W. Shaver, tional chase after Ruf Smith. J who turned desperado after - killing Night Officer Hanlln In Oregon City when the lattea caught him attempting to rob a store. Shaver, then a deputy , sheriff, - with Sheriff JBob Seattle and a Woodburn peace officer, lay in wait in the night for Smith, reported at bay .in woods hear Woodburn after being i- chased from Oregon City. When a stranger appeared the three, not sure of his identity, did not challenge him. .The stranger,' who proved to be - Smith, opened fire, killing Shaver and the Woodburn official. Again Smith fled. ' - Bloodhounds were brought to the valley from Eastern Oregon and Smith was cornered two days later in woods Above Wreckage of the automobile in which Captains J. W. Shaver and Lincoln Shaver were seated when It was run down and demol ished by a Southern Pacific, electric train at the foot of Nebraska street yesterday afternoon. Below, at the left, Lincoln .Shaver; at the right, J. W. Shaver. Both were widely known rlvermen, officials of the Shaver Transportation company. land run in 1880. He made only one other . of the Shaver fleet, was sent trip to the capital city and then changed his plans. Turning to the lower, river as .a bet ter source for future success. Captain Shaver sent the "Hydra" down the river ' on the Clatsk&nie ' run. . It was here he earned most of the money that later be . used- In backing , the Shaver Transportation . company." BtILDS- STEAXER Business was -good on the Columbia run and soon the "Hydra" proved to be inadequate for rhe traffic. Captain Shaver then huilt the steamer "O. .W. Shaver," which he named after his father. He put this boat on the lower Columbia . run ; with his first Bteamer. Twelve years after the launching of the "Shaver" the "Sarah Dixon," an- The 'Worma'l ? To bm had in Patent Leather, Dull : - Straps, Kid Leather,-Kid Straps Yea must see them to appreciate ' . this style '4 'Ati the' surprising price in Our Steps to Economy ' -J" - . c Knight Shoe Co. '.tJorrison Near Broadway down the ways of a Portland ship yard. The 'Dixon" was operated with the two9 others. Later several steamers were added to the fleet, among them . the "Cas cades" and the "State of Washing ton. The ; latter was destroyed sev eral years , ago at Astoria when an explosion in the boiler room wrecked the ship. , Most '.of Shaver's business was In the toJwing.,and lighteflng end of river traffic. His 'fleet of boats can be seen on the rvrany day.. HAD 3ri3CE STEAMEBS At ' the time of the 'death of the two brothers, the - company controlled - a fleet of nine ; steamboats. They sold the steamer Waune to Drake C O'Reil ly several hours before their death. Captain J. W. Shaver was born at Waldo, Or., September 2, 1859. His father was George W. Shaver, pioneer and founder of the Shaver Transpor tation company. Captain Shaver was the second of five sons, the others be ing Jean, George, Delmar and Lincoln Shaver. George and Delmar are the only survivors among the b6ys.- Three siBters are living Mrs. A Uee Win ten berg, Mrs. George Hoyt and Mrs. Al bert Heints.. alt of Portland. . Captain Shaver, entered the water transportation business in 1SS0 and was active in the work until his death. He was general manager and secretary of the company. . ; For eight years Captain Shaver4 was a commissioner for the Port of Port land. During the World war he was on the state advisory committee and took an active and helpful 5 part in promoting various branches of ' war service, v T" v'5?- ' ' ' " In 1886 Captain'" Shaver and Miss Annie Schloth were united in marriage, the bride being -a 'scion of one of Ore gon's oldest "pioneer families, . i MEMBER. OF WpODMEir. ' . Captain Shaver was a member b"P the Woodmen Of the World and of the Auld Lang, Syne society. -He lived on the old Shaver homestead . at' No. 169 Cherry street." - -. . t - , ..- Lincoln. Shaver was born in old East Portland, October L.18$L He was vice president and chief engineer of the Shaver Transportation 'company.- In 1893 he married Miss Bertha Keppler. The .wife and ; one , eon, : Leonard,- sue Vive. . . V.''b!,.,,." .,..,- :. rAjrr. The four brothers J. W. George, Delmar and Lincoln-Grounded -out and supplemented the work f each; other and contributed much to the upbuilding and development of this section of the country. John ' Shaver, the . eldest 'brother.- ' who ; lost s his , life as a deputy sheriff in' Clackamas county some years ago; ? was never identified with the transportation business. ' THREE SHAVER BROTHERS v : 3IEET TRAGIC ESBIXGS Oregon City, Nov. 30. Death of the Shaver brothers in yesterday's accident makes three tragic endings: in the family. 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