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mm The Statesman rtifH ths leased wire report cf the As sociated Press, the greatest and moit reliable press las-' soclatlon la tha world. THE WEATHER. Fair; moderate southeasterly wluds. fclATY-NIXTH YEAH SALKM, OREGON TI KSIAV M OI(M(i, JAM AIIY I Will. PRICE: FIVE CTtTvTH. 4-1 LEA AGAIN CHOSEN TO HEAD FAIR Election to Fifth ( Term Is Made Unanimous at Annual ' Meeting of State Board in Salem Yesterday San Francisco Gets Ready for Democratic Convention SAN FRANCISCO, Jan. 12. San Francisco today! began ariive prepai1 ation for the l92o Democratie con vention to be held here during the week of June 2$. The board of supervisors late to day unanimously appropriated $15. 000 toward furnishing entertainment for delegates and visitors. Chief of Police White issued orders intended to cleanse the city of all criminal radicals and prevent an influx of pickpockets and confidence men; TRACTOR BUILDING V WILL BE ERECTED 1 , - - Directors May Decide to Make Duration of Exposition i Ten Days I at A. H, tea was yesterday elected the annual meeting of the state board of fair directors to serve his fifth consecutive term as secretary, of the'board and manager of the Or egon state fair. His election was unanimous. - x . ! The bard has tinder serious con sideration Mr. Lea's recommendation that the' duration of the state fair be Increased from a week to 10 daysV but no decision will be reached until after conference of the board with the North Pacific Fairssoeiation In Portland January 26. -1 The board voted to construct a new tractor and- implement shed on the fair grounsd at an estimated cost of 110,000. and also to build new walks, fountains and other improve ments, the. cost of which will be de termined later. The legislature will be asked to appropriate for the re building of the livestock barns that were chushed bjr the heavy snow of December. The estimated amount of mosey necessary is $10,000. ,M. L. Jones was elected to the presidency of the board, jW. H. Sav age vice president- and A. N. Bush of Salem was re-elected, treasurer. All department beads were chosen but these will not be announced for several days. .-t.-' A resolution was adopted . prohib iting all games and all shows savor ing of immorality from operating on the fair grounds, j ( , '...,. The board begins the new year with a clean slate, all notes hating bOeen taken up and a small balance - remaining in the treasury; INSPECTOR TO BE RECOMMENDED Police and Plumbing Commit- tees Hold Joint Session to Discuss Plan ORTON WOULD . CUT OFF BILLS TO BE OFFERED Measures to Expedite Legisla tion Are Introduced at Special Session REPUBLICANS OF WEST IN CONVENTION Hays Strikes Keynote in Words: "No Closed Season for G. 0. P. Until Victory in November Frenchman Sets New Mark by Beating Railway Time PARIS. Jan. 12. A French dis tance runner named Guillemot yes terday ran eight miles in 38 minutes. Z'J 4-.". seconds, a record for France. The course was laid out from Ver sailles common to Pretacatalan. in tha ltols de Boulogne, and Guillemot ran the distance in better time than toe railroad trains average between Paris and Versailles. The eight mile worlds running record is held by Alfred Scb.ru bb. who made it in England in Novem lrr, 1904. His time made in a ten mile run. was 40 minutes. 1C seconds. SETTLEMENT ON TREATY DRAWS NEAR Coyotes Bother Farmers at Foot of the Cascades LOYALTY IS PLEDGED BY WQMEN OF OREGON DEAD SOLON HONORED State Delegation Includes Many of Most Prominent Members of Party All Senators But Two Want Death Penalty Restored in This State i Appointment of. a city plumbing Inspector will be recommended to the city council by the committees on police and plumbing as result of decision reached at a joint meeting last night of the two committees. Gerald Volk, chairman of the plumb ing committee, presided, ' All mem- bers of ; the two committees .were present except R W. Craig chairman of the police committee, who is in California. ' , , w Whitman College Quintet Will Be Here Wednesday i Willametteu niversity 'will play its Ifirgtc onference basketball game at the Salem armory Wednesday and Thursday nights of this week. This marks the entrance of Willamette university Into big, Athletic. The opposing college Is Whitman with an enviable record of past t:eceE3es. i Whitman has had -all northwest conference selections for many years, including tho names of snch stars as , Carver, Dement and Rich. Willam ette and Willamette's friends are much enthused over this game, i Leon Kaber, a basketballexpert of. . Portland will refere? both games. The W. U. squad wil be selected ' fromxthe following men: Wapato. McKlttrick. Jackson) Irvine, Cillette. It. Dimick, Ganzans, iJocolofiki, j.nd It. Rarey. Sena tor. Orton Introduced a reso lution providing that in order to ex pedite business and to make it pos sible for emergency legislation to have first consideration after the first two days members be allowed to introduce bills, memorials and reso lutions only by consent of two- thirds of the members present and voting. Further, it provides that at 11.' o'clock on Wednesday ' of this week the senate go into committee of the whole to decide what meas ure shall receive consideration. As a special committee ta draft resolutions in honor of the late Sen ator Walter A. Dimick, President Vinton appointed Pierce, Smith of Coos , and Curry, Baldwin. Gill and Eddy. President Vinton announced that the ranking member of all com iuittees of which 'Senator Dimick was chairman will take his place as chairman of the respective commit tees. Senator Jones of Lane county becomes chairman of the resolutions committee. This order was .later changed and President Vinton named Senator Eddy chairman of the reso lutions committee and announced he would fill other vacancies today. ; The names of all members of the senate with the exception, of Banks or Multnomah and Strager were signed to a Joint resolution intro duced yesterday referring to the peo ple the question of restoring the ueath penalty in Oregon. The reso lution is identical with a measure introduced by Senator Dimick at the session of 1919. " Senator Farrell introduced a con current resolution calling for ad journment of the special session at noon' next Saturday and jt was re ferred to the resolutions committee. Smith of Coos and Curry Intro duced a senate Joint resolution lim iting legislation to the program out lined In the governor's message plus memorials and resolutions referring measures to the people. A joint memorial was introduced by Senator Patterson of , Polk and Benton counties providing that chil dren of parents who are not citizens of the United States and wh cannot become citizens must retain citizen ship of the countries to which their parents are subject even thoagh they may have been born in the United States or its territories. , Senator Baldwin introduced a bill to amend the state banking laws by providing that the number of bank examiners to be appointed by the state superintendents with approval RODGERS IS TO BUY WOOD HULLS Unfinished Ships to be Pur chased from Government at $5000 Each Further Progress Made To ward Compromise Reported by Democrats and "Mild" Reservations of G. 0. P. Kartners near the footh'lls of th Cascades report that more coyote infest thnt region this minttr than have ever been known to toad over their tarnis before. They are mak ing inroadas on herds of sheep an I goats and even invite themselves f visit flocks of barnyard fowls. On man reports the los of 50 whit leshorn chickens. Fear is expressed that coyotes, like jack rabbits, are making their way across the moan tains from eastern Oregon and may become increasingly trouMssome. SMITH OF GEORGIA TO CONFER WITH LODGE SAX FRANCISCO, Jan. 12. Re publican men and women from six western states, gathered here for. a regional cJn Terence, applauded today when Will H. Hays. Republican na tional chairman, declared there will be "no closed season In Republican politics between now and victory In November."' We need not less politics, but more attention to politics, for only by this means can the best candi dates be obtained, said Hays. Things don't happen in politics'or anything else; they are broupht about. I have no use for the person who is too busy or too uninterested to pay attention to practical politics. He is entitled to no consideration." Women Voters Organise. Organization of women voters was the overshadowing topic of today's conference at which Miss Mary Gar ret Hay. chairman of ; the executive committee of the women's division of the. Republican national commit tee .occupied the chair. Mrs. Mar garet Hill McCarter. .Mrs. John O. South, chairman of the women's di vision of the national committee, and Mrs. Josephine Corliss Preston were others of the Republican women on tour, who were active in the open ing sessions of the coast conference. Republican national committee men of western states an dtbe terrl tory of Hawaii met tonight with Na tional Chairman Hays for what was expected to be one of the most im portant sessions of the year. W. H. Crocker of California. Ralph Wil liams of Oregon. Saiqnel Piatt of Ne vada, Samuel A. Perkins ojf Wash ington, Allen B. Jaynes of Arizona and R. W. Shingle of Hawaii, were the national committeemen here for the meeting. Reports Feature Session. . . Reports from state chairmen and chairmen of the women's division in coast 6tates. indicative of the dele gates' confidince of Republican suc cess in NovembeV featured the after noon session. For Washington, state Chairman S. A. "Walker and Mrs. J. II. MendenbalUiold of plans to put their state back in the Republican fold. Others in the delegation were M. T. Harston, Mr. and Mrs. R. H Fox. E. I. Garrett, Mr. and Mrs Reeves Aylmore, - Mrs. G. H. Guy and David Whitcomb of Seattle, Senator R. A. Hutchinson and Miss Jeanette Donaldson of Spokane, Na tional Committeeman Perkins of Ta coma and Mrs. Josephine Preston. state superintendent of public in struction of Olympia. Portland Women Pledge loyalty. Mrs. Iee Davenport and Mrs George W. McMath of Portland de clared that Oregon alone among the coast states in the Republican col- POUTLAND. Jan. 12. George K, Rodgers. president of the George F. Rodgers Shipbuilding company of Astoria, has" taken a contract from Bryan Urges Ratification by Friday in Order to Join League WASHINGTON. Jan. 12. Further progress toward compromising the . k pi . . .. senate ueace treaty controversy, was remove all unfinished wood hulls for, "ported tonUht by Democratic lead which orders have been cancelled on I and "mUd re-ervatlon KPub the ways of all the shipbuilding yards ) Hcand- but spokesmen for Republi of the United States at ttie rate ot ' can favoring the IxUe reservations 15000 a hull, it became known here'lan(1 lhos riosing the treaty de- todav on receiot of word from Mr. clared Ihey could see no eariy action Rodgers who is now in Philadelphia. There are at present on shipbulld- FISH AND GAME FIGHTLAUNCHED EARLY IN HOUSE Bean by Resolution Asks for for Investigation of Commission AMENDMENT ON SUFFRAGE IS RATIFIED Mrs. Thompson in House Beats Senator Farrell by Five Minutes Vote in . Both Unanimous SMITH TAKES ISSUE ing ways on the Pacific coast. At lantlc and Gulf Coatsts, 34 wood hulls which have not been finished and which will not be completed be cause the contracts for their construe tlon were cancelled by the fleet cor poration following the signing of the armistice. Smith of Baker Joins Squab bleResolution' Is Adopted AID MEASURE TO BE CHANGED Abuses Are Said to Exist Un der Soldiers', Educational Enactment (Continued on .Page 7) (Continued on page 7) MESSAGE OF GOVERNOR IS GIVEN SPECIAL LEGISLATIVE SESSION In presenting his message to the and abnormal times ar.e productive Big Five Packers Meet with Federal Officers WASHINGTON. Jan- I2.i-Repre-fenta lives 'of the big Hve Chicago meat packers met today with depart ment of Justice off-als in the first of a series of conferences lior draft ing the legal form of the decree to be entered divorcing othr activities of the packers from the btisincss of packing meat. ; . special session o the state legisla ture yesterday Governor Olcott made but one recommendation in addition to the original six purposes for which the session was called particularly. The additional recommendation re lates, to a revision of the parole law, lemoving the parole privilege from persons convicted of the graver crimes against the person, and la these instancps imposing flat sen tences. FiirtSer a tightening up or of emergencies. It could scarcely have been. exprcted that in your reg ular session lartt year human wis dom could have conceived of meet ing all possible contingencies during a biennial period fraught with shift ing conditions. To grapple with and overcome the CM-ential emergencies and. aa far as pnfsilde. to alleviate lurens and ?olve prohltMiis leading to construc tive ends, I have ex rclM-d th con- the general pjirole system Is urged. : etlltitlonal duty of Ihe rxocutlve to Mrs. Sarah Jane Watts Is Dead at Age of 73 Years l Mrs. Sarah -Jane Watts, widow of the lata William Watts, who died about IS years ago, died at a local hospital yesterday. She had been In poor health tor several years. She was 73 years old. r Mrs. Watts is survived by a crand daughter. Mrs. Eva Judson jot Salem. icr husband was an active membe of tho Ancient rder of United Work men. ' - ; The funeral will be held at 2:20 P. m. today at the Rigdon 'chanei. ilieve of suffcient importance to war . . . ..... . t , The six original reasons fox call ing the srsisn ar all covered" in the message. These are the" questions of more compensation for injured work men under the compensation act. a further appropriation under the edu cational aid bill for soldiers, sailors and rnarinoK. remedial legislation n lattve to Ire guarantee of interest primary by the stati on irrigation and drain age district bands, capital punish ment, ratification of the suffrage amendiiKnt, anu lish and yair.e legis lation. The message follows in full: Kinercencie Are PrwITl To Ihe number of lh senatn and the house .of representatives of t he Oregon legislature: Yon have been convened in extra ordinary s-jsion for the purpose of considering certain subjects which, information r.t hand, has led tha chief execulive of the stale to bo- Uurial will cemetery: be id the Odd Fellows rant Your careul and eaIy constd crat ion. These are abnormal times on ext raonllnary occasions. convn3 the legislntive assembly by procla mation." Following further the conj Klitutional provision I will Kftite tr Jon her 'n joint assembly the pur poses for which you have Wen con vened. Workmen's ('oinpenKation My obj-ct in calling tozclher the Irpis-lators at- this timo ia to nifot a grave emergency seriously affect ing the welfare, and. in many instan ces, the livc-s of the men and women employed In the industries of our state.N Compensation bntf iH providert lor injurel workmen by the workmen's- rontH nsation law were esl1 lished hy the legislature in 191.1. when living costs were very. mater ially lss than now. If the compen sation pavnxnts were properly rated at that tint, it is self-evident they are wholly inadequate under present conditions. Tii-y are so low that the families Abuses of-Ui Ckiucatlonsl aW act for soldiers, sailors and marines. passed by the legislature of 1919, will be prevented by a change in the bill that will be included in an amending act to be introduced be fore the special session. Changes needed in the act were outlined at a conference Sunday afternoon par ticipated in by Senator alter M. Pierce, author of the bill. W. T. Vin ton, president of the senate, repre sentatives of the attorney general's office and heads of private and state educational Institutions. Abuse Are Cited. Senator Pierce cited instances where young ex-service men are re ceiving the 25 monthly benefit pro vided by the act and are spending on ly an hour or so daily in school. Abuses are said to exist both in the public schools and in the higher In stitutions. By a decision reached ab the, con ference the amendment will make 1t necessary that not less than SO hours of day work must be done in school each month to receive the maximum of bejiefit under the act. or 24 hours of night school work. Heads of the educational institutions will be re quired to report as to whether the student is meeting the requirements of the act. A scale of benefits under the act will be fixed, and students who at tend school only an hour or so a day will receive allowances of less than the $25 monthly maximum. The amendment will further provide that all men who volunteered or who were drafted into the service prior to November 1, 1918. will be en titled to the benefits of the act. Tax to Im IncreHl. For the reason that applications under the act -have been by far J greater than anticipated the amend ment also will provide that the mill age tax appropriation be four-tenths Instead of two-tenths of a mill. This would raise about $400,000 on the basis of the present valuation of the property of the state. This amend ment win have to be submitted to the people for their vote. Because of the deficiency of about $300,000 which Is to arise under the law as It now stands the legislature will be asked to appropriate $4 00,000 to meet the requirements of the approx lmately 3)0rt men who have taken anvaniage oi me act. and to cover any furtiier deficiency that may an pear before the legislative session of 1921. Among "sounding out develop ments wa further exchange of view between 'mild reservation" Repub licans and Snators Kendrick. Wyo ming and MrKcl'.ar. Tennesee. Dem ocrats, on reservations suggested by the two Democrats. "Mild" Repub licans expressed confidence that th Kendrick McKellar drarts would form the basis for a -definite presen tation from th Iemocratie side lat er with general Democratic support Smith to Meet loilge Another development was the des ienation of Senator Smith. Georgia, by a group of Democrats to consult Senator lodge in an attempt to ad Just the dispute over article ten. Democrats and "mild reservation" senators expressed hope that Sena tor dce would agree to modifica tion of the foreign relations commit tee reservation to article ten. The Democrats must secure Pres ident Wilson's approval of any com promise suggestions. Republican spokesmen said, before substantial progress vsa be "made. " Some cf th Democratic senators said they hoped negotiations would reach a stage where conferences between the presi dent and Democratic senators on some definite proposals would be in order. ltryiin Urge Sel Telegrams from William Jennings Bryan, urging ratification by Friday when the inaugural meeting of the league of nations council Is to be neia. reacnea several senators ioaa Some Iemocrats said they believed' it might be possible to dispose of thej treaty by t.ien. but Republicans held Mich" action improbable. RESOLUTION PROVIDES FOR MOVING CAPITAL Bean Would Cut Number of Stenographers Down to Ten for House - Imputations of tying the hands of the governor insofar. aa the fish and game fight Is concerned, flew back and forth in the house yesterday when the house joint resolution No. 4 by Ilean of I.ane was Introduced Smith of Multnomah lead the attack ing force 2 pain St the resolution. which was adopted. It provides for Investigation of the affairs of th fish and game commission by a com mittee of five members of the legis lature. The resolution ' was acconv panled by a request from the com mission asking ao investigation. Smith licad Attack Smith attacked the resolution on the grounds that aa Investigation could not be completed during the present session which, according t3 indications Is to be short, and thai If the investigation was in process at adjournment the governor could do nothing if he wanted to straighten out the tness and if he did not want to he could hide behind the cloaks of the commission being "In process of Investigation." Smith moved ror an amendment requiring the committee to report at the present session. Ilean IU-plleV ... Bean took issue on the ground that it was probable a thorough in vestigation could not be completed by the end of the session but that , sufficlen information could be se j cured on condition of affairs of the l board to enable the legislature to go ahead with fish and game teglsla i tion. Bean was asked bv Dodd of Uma tilla, if he thought it proper to enact legislation without a full report. I Mr. !ean replied that proper legisla tion could be enacted without any Hapsburg Hunting Lodges Are Listed for Selling CJKNEVA. Jan. 12. The hunting estates and lodges of Tyrol of the ate Kmperor Joseph are advertised for sale. The emperor considered these the finest Hn Europe and kept detailed record of his bag from 183S to 1890. The game killed numbered 43.12$. King Edward and the former kal- ser'are credited with important bags EnslUh and American sportsmen have sent-agents to Innsbruck with view to acquiring the roval hunt grounds, which are thet private pro perty of the Hapsburgs. investigation if the house so desired as the integrity or the memoers oi ihe commission could not be ques tion and that they, themselves, had requested the probe. Propriety (Juration nl Smith claimed that the' matter was strictly speaking, a matter for the governor to work out except for the fact that he had announced it as one of the reasons for railing the special session, lie said the session should not take the responsibility from the governor. He predicted the invetigation would extend for a longer period than that of the pres ent sersion. Itakt-r M.iit.Jin Se;ti.tMlc Smith of Baker Joined in tho con troversy at various times ard in one (Continued on Page 7) GOVERNOR WANTS TO I KEEP PRIVILEGE OF NAMING COMMISSION When waited upon by a niU-coin-mlttec from the joint fisheries and game commission of the senate e- werV allowed to name the mom',i . Senator Thomas told the commit tee that a bill conforming with the tcrday afternoon, when a copy of tho! ...isKions would mak it aonearance Resolutions ratifying the national woman's suffraage amendment- was ' the first legislation In both branches of the special legislature which con vened yesterday. For the introduction of the resolu tion an interesting race developed between Senator Farrell, Reptbllcan. of Multnomah county and Mrs. Alex, ander Thompson. Democratic repre sentative frotn Wasco county. Mrs. Thompson Wim. . , Mrs. Thompson won; she Introduc ed the resolution at 10:40 o'clock. Senator Farrell was delayed la the introduction of his resolution by Sen ator Banks, who Insisted on talking on a resolution limiting the number of clerks to be employed. Fan-ell's resolution was Introduced at 10:45 o'clock, five minutes after Mrs. Thompson's resolution.' Toe senate, however, was the first to pass the resolution. la Haste. It passed that body at 10:50. and the house, six minutes afterward. It Is now ready for Covers or Ol cott for transmittal to congress. . The vote of botit houses was unan imous. Mrs. "Thompson la her address of. Introduction said that the war had. done more toward bringing woman, suffrage to a national Issue than had the work of 50 years previous. She decried the fact that "conservative England and revolutionary Germany granted the ballot to women before the United States "which should have set the pace" had done so. . A. A. Smith Sees Injustice. A. A. Smith of Baker declared the legislatuie "has an opportunity to perform an act of Justice for women. Joe Richardson ot Multnomah spoke of the work of the Republican party in bringing woman suffrage to a na tional issue and of Its consistent ef forts in constructive legislation. Move of Capital Up. The move to move the capital from Salem to Portland was Introduced hy D. C. Lewis of Mupltnomah aa house joint resolution No. 2. The resolu tion provided that the question he- placed on the ballot for the general election in 120 and that It provides . for the" securing of a tract of ISO acres within 5 miles of the city of Portland for cite for the capItoL' Speaker Jones remarked: "Do I understand that this resolution would convert the present capitol bnlldinr into an Insane asylum? Ivan Martin or Marlon Jokingly moved that the matter b4 referred to the Marion county delegation.- Ilean Woukl Cwt Force, L. E. Bean of Lane started some-; thing when he sttempted to secure action of the house to use only tea stenographers for the entire body In. stead of a stenographer for each rep resentative. He said the employ ment of so many was a "groi extrav agance." Someone shouted "what offrce is Brother Bean running for?" Mr. Been gave the assurance that he was not running for -office. ' The move was made when Drownel of Umatilla Introduced house resolu tion No. providing for the use In the extraordinary session of the rules of the 1919 assembly. Mr. Bean moved that the resolution be amend ed in rule 68 which provides f6r a stenographer for every representa tive. The amendment was adopted end the resolution. The resolution with the amendment carried without record vote but with a few Toting no. Three Forged Checks Are Passed on Salem Merchants Thrc? forged cheek" aggregating ." were passed upon Salem mer chants Saturday evening bv an tin known person. The forger used a different " nam to each cheek, signing tho names as. George E. Merrill. George E. Malmy and George E. Harris and Ihe pur chaser were confined to H'h essitfes Mich as croceriert and a cp For Ihe cap he wrote a $." check Knd his cash, g-iin was cl5e to f, cents.' The description In tho hands of the sheriff are that he is a yoing man. about five and one-half feet tall, weighs close to 150 nour.d end Norblad-llandley-Hean fish and game comini-hlon. bill was res?nted to him for his opinion. Governor Olcoit Mood "pat" on hi declaration that' there isust be an entirely new com-1 centered later 'n the day. lie an-erted that hporlsmen of th stte want the ap pointive wer .uii rconihility for the act." of the commission to Ih in the executive office. Road Maintenance Held Burdensome to Counties mission of which none of (he pteeni) board shall be a member, and that the deal must be new throughout. Tho governor let the comiuiMte know that election of metul'ers of the commission by the legislature. a proposed In the Norblad-llandley- Hean measure, is ntterly unatlfac- tory to him and that he wants the appointing power retained in Ihe ex ecutive office so that there may l a power of removal and responsibili ty may le eentered. The governor's attitude on the method of fleeting 'he -mnn.lon-ers wan not,) clear to some memberh of the romisittee. In statements he has made Gov ernor Olcott hac emphasized his de termination that fish and game ad ministration must be removed from (Continued on pago 3) is of dark complexion. From o'erj iotltical influence, and apparently he sources it was intimated tnat he wore! was not led Into the belief that this an army coat. would be possible if the legislature Or. A. K. Iown-i. prsldent of the Orcgrn Sportsmen's league. address Ins the committee, asserted that gen cral sentiment in the Mate is for two separate commissions that the same rentimeut is opposed to the legisla ture electing nicmlerw of the roni inlsJMon. Referring to a statement or Senator Norblad that 75 per cent of the sportsmen's clubs were In fa fur of the Norhlsd-llandley-ltean bill. Mr. Kns said Norblad was nt terlv mistaken. "Of course there are certain rliiliM." said Hnwnn, "ihat nre Carl ShK-njker club. lie organired them an before them ith his pronacanda." When the bmi-e resolution, railing for ihe appointment of a committee to Investigate the state fish and game com mission reached the senate it was referred to th joint game and fisheries committee. Senators Eddy of lKuglas county and Hanks of Multnomah county are loint au'horis or a bill providing that the state shall bear the entire burden of maintenance of pttlie hirhway instead of placing half-the burden on the counties as Is nw the statutors requirement. Sawmill Employe Almost Killed in Freak Accident ItANI... Or.. Jan. 12. William Hor- f Bandon was near death tonight as the result of an accident at the sawmill at Bollards today. The main drive belt Woke : v.h!li running at a high speed ,nl the end struck Burpee on the head and threw hlra 20 feet, causing Injuries' from, which he was not expected to recover.