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EVETY-SECOND YEAR
SAIiEM; OREGONTHURSDAYiMORNING.IJANUARY: 4,1923
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CBL'FEREilE '
; OF PREilfiS
French, and British Dele
. gates A Befieve- End Will
Come Today Agreement
; :Scems Impossible; 1
EFFECT OM TURK IS " v
FEARFULLY -REGARDED
Dc!c-:m Refuses to .-.Make
-Concessions Agreed on: .
". ' Cefcrc " Meetirig-
PAHISJan. 3. (Cy the Asso
ciated Press) -Rupture of the
premier's conference with- all its
id an gerous ' possibilities "for Enr-
t -Vand the Near East was barely
n voided today by a
'tomorrotr wliea ' the
recess until
-an finished
claratio-j l y the British, prime
.aiter Mf. Honit iJawin re
to Premiers" Poincare1 and
unis, wouldlKt comxTfeteiir
r quia Delia TorjeUfcj wllf have
formal opportunity" to "state" ttfo
Ilaa government's position. , L
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.1 jm - 4V .11 rTnln
he conference, in the Judg-
t cf both French ana liriiisn
cc.eates. tirobably will end to
morrow without an agreement,'
thus fcreakinir the ; unity .among
the allied governments ' upon
which the policies of all th"e prin
cipal western powers are based. '
There Is much dismay and an
xiety over the situation. The
tone ol the conference naa been
cordial enough, but the British
and French views are Irreconcil
able as they' stand now.; Mr. Bo
Ear Law Is regarded - by . the
French as personally desirous of
doing all - he treasonably can to
prevent a break, but since the
publication of the British plan he
is thought to be limited absolute
ly by hla- own propositions. There
is no reason to draw a favorable
deduction from a continuation of
the conference tomorrow. It .was
declared llate 1 1 tonight by a high
official of the French foreign of
fice, v The, discussion continueai
he explained, because the mem
bers of the conference have not
yet finished what they have - to say
but nothing has developed to give
hope that the French and British
will come together. The British
delegation tonight . have - equally
abandoned hope of an accord on
reparations after today's . devel
opment, i; , ;vIr y-?.: v-;
V British Fearful;' r"if;:
M. . Poincare'a plains refusal to
accept the British plan as mater
ial for, disenssion, together with
the French plan has f virtually
brought the conference to an end
in the view of the British reprer
sent&tives. They frankly, admit
that the conference is being pro
longed tomorrow, or Friday at
the latest, ' in order to preserve
the Franco-British accord as long
as possible because of the . deli
cate negotiations at lAusanne, . -The
British government is fear
' f ul of the effect which the break
ing ot'the entente would hm on
.the Turks, and also sd the effect
uuch an event would produce on
the attitude of the French dele
gation at Lausanne and the Bri
tish are urging the French to con-
( Continued on page 4)
THE WEATHER
OREGON: Thursday, rain.
LOpAL WEATHER . ,
. , (Wednesday)
i Temperature, maximum, 51.
Temperature, minimum,-43.,
River, 15.5 falling. .
. R&ln, .20 ' '
Atmosphere,' cloudy, , '
Wind, south. ; .
OREGON CHILDREN TO PAY
FOR MONUMENT ERECTED TO
mjVDGEJI THORNTON
By contributions of one penny
each, the children of' Oregon will
pay for a suitable monument to
be erected- in Lee Mission cemtery,
Salem, in memory of ; Judge , J.
Quinn Thornton, who. won a place
In history through hU ; fathering
legislation adding the . 36th sec
tion of each township to the 16th
section already so Set; aside r for
school purposes in Oregon. Money
derived ' from the - sale of these
lands goes into the state Irreduc
ible school fund.'. . " ' "-
. : . , ' - Penny Only Allowetl
. At the request of a committee
interested in the. proposed mem-
erintendent of schools, placed the
proposal before the county school
superintendents -now -in session
here and hey . readily , gave it
unanimous - approval. A , penny
only will be accepted
from
each
pupil and each county' wW have
a definite .total as its quota. The
monument! that Is. to. cOirimem
m orate . Judge Thornton's ,contri
bution to education during' th'e
early -history of - Oregon will be
of ' Scotch ;granite.'i:J '
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Mrs, Jl!2xandsxiham Jell
' Dies at' Daughter?- Hdrrie
"After Long Illness .
WASHINGTON, Jan. 3. Mrs.
Alexander Graham , Bell, widow
of the. famous inventor, died
here tonight after a long Illness.
She was 63 years of age
Mrs. Bell died at the home ot;
hr daughter, : Mrs. David
Pair-'
child, where ; she had beon trail
ing ever slnca the death last Aug
ust of the famous inventor. ;
Mrs. Bell was Mabel Hubbard,
the '3 daughter X of "i.Mr.' andMrS.
Gardiner Green Hubbard of Cam
bridge, Mass., ; where , she was
born In 1 8 5 9; Although through
out ber. life j she' was I a leader
In her own small social set and
afctedT as hertlngufshed hus
band's business .r manager r ' an.d
aided him in his work, she lived
under an affliction of total deaf-
r.ess tnat rouowea a wre -
tack ot scarlet fever In her chlW-
hood. ' ' ? wnt:m: tim-r
Through. ; the devotion, ot ne,
mother, however, she learned to
speak and read . the lips - of others
and her .teachers In a. private
school in Cambridge where she
was :the' youngest pupil, declared
her mentality was wgner man
that ot I the pother t children, oe
Enita her disadvantage. In
she" wrote) an'anwiw uu r
Ing that was- published 1A many
foreign countries.
Mrs. i Bell's father was deeply
Interested In Dr. Bell's tele-
nhonie Inventions; backed . hl
scheme and became . the first
president of the . Bell Telephone
company; H ;
She married Alexander Gra
ham Bell , in Boston in' 1V'
after . she i had studied . at his
school for -voice culture. It was
said that she was his inspira
tion tor the ; invention A tfae
telephone, for which he Is best
known,; because his Mope that he
might find a means or enaDuus
her i to hear led . him into Ms
study and experiments in pho-
nttlcs. Mrs. Bell contriou.
articles to magazines and wrote
several plays. '
Marcola Suffers Fire
Loss of S5000 or.-More
ETJGENE, Or.. Jan. . Two
large frame buUdlngl occupied by
a barber shop, a pool hall and a
furniture More at Marcola, lum
ber town 20 ; miles northeast." of
Eugene, were.: destroyed by fire
early today.! ' The loss is $5,000
with partial insurance. By hard
work the rest of the business sec
tion ot the town , and a - large
planing mill -were saved j ,
HlWory Mnffon Jufgti
X,, Judge' Thornton' presided over,
the 5 provisional ' court of Oregon.
In 1?48 ho visited' ' Washington
by appointment of tfovernor Aber
netby at the suggestion of pfdni
irient; citizens of; the1; provisional
state. It was' he who framed Ih'e
act for ' organization of u Oregon
territory. " This" act ' nclud'ed' the
provision adding the 36th1 section
ror school " purposes. " Thltf service
of Judge Thorn ton Is " atl-tled to
Iri Clarke's "Pioneer Days s of Oc
egon" and in Harvey W. , Scott's
f'Hiatory or Portland." Mr. Scott,
in hVr book remarks that, "Not
only ; have the pu Wle . schools . of
Oregon received the benefits of
this wise- enactment;, but those of
every, state and. territory since
organized have been thus endow
ed." ' - . " i
Congress AVas Opposed
. Judge"-Themton - succeeded in
keeping the provision in the Or
egon territorial . act .' against the
bitter opposition' of congress., f
' The grave of Judge Thornton.
In Lee Mission cemetery here is
beside that of his wife and Is un
marked. ' T ' 1 -
PEfJlfl BILL
IS VETOED
Administration , Leaders to
Stand Behind Presidents
Passage is Doubtful .:'
WASHINGTONM Jan. 3 Loss to
Civil and Mexican war pensioners
of the large blanket pension In
creases proposed by the Bursum
bill, was threatened today through
the veto of the bill by President
Harding, v - i V
The president sent the bill to
the, senate inhere -It Originated)
with a message attacking it as a
whole and specifically He de
clared It would , cost1 the govern
ment $108,000,000 , annually and
set a precedent entailing pension
obligations of $50,000,000,000
within the next SO jrears. He also
disapproved special provisions glv
ing'i pension rights - to widows ot
veterans who had been married
only- two yeaa, " f
To Contest Veto
Despite the president's veto,
Senator Bursotn, Republican, New
Mexico,' author of the bill which
would raise Civil and r Mexican
war, veterans pensions from 0t
to $72 a month and their widows
from $30 to $50, as; well as lis-
(Continued on page 6)
l.
Ullil
TO U FOfiTliE
Couit Sustains, Accusation
" of Fraud. .'Made by
Young Vanderbilt , :. ;
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, XYACK, N. i- Jan. 3.(By
the, Associated Presa) - Evan
Burrows Fontaine's annulment of
her marriage with Sterling Adair
was f vacated today - by Judge
Tompkins' In supreme, court here
when he sustained charges of
fraud brought by Cornelius Van
derbilt Whitney in defense of a
$ 1 ,0 0 0,0 0 0 v breach, of promise
suit brought against him ; by the
dancer." .;..-. '-f ; ;,J ,K';j..'r.-4f y-
Justice Tompkins.iwho - grant
ed the annulment in July, 1920,
also insructed 'the district attor
ney o bring before a grand Jury
all record, in! fhe case with . a
view to Indicting Miss Fontaine
and her mother f or ' per JurV ; In
having obtained the annulment
through fraud. ; r h ; ' i '
The court further: recommend
ed that the New - York Bar asso
ciaiont Investigate the practices
of Charles Firestone of Mount
Vernon and New York, attorney
of record for the dancer In .the
suit for annulment.'. vl. ' .,.;-;
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IE
ITHOB, SAYS
SOEfGOHEBIP.
! . , ,
Pierpe Tells, Ideas About
: 'Running, State-Machin-!
ery of Proposed Income
: Tax Uncovered; 1 r ;
FLAX AT PRISON IS,
"'"TO BE GIVEN CHANCE
Schools to Be Watched Lest
f'They Add Greatly to; :
! Burden of .Peopled '
"You get , me wrong' if you -figure
that. I'm coming here expect
Ing to govern with a broad-axe or
a bludgeon. G6vernments of free
peoplo''- are ' not .1 run " that , way.
There Is no one big enough to run
a government, that way. We're
one big partnership of friends and
business associates and neighbors,
who have to' stand; or fall togetlf
pr; What hurts one,' hurts' all;
what' helps one," helps, ' allJ We
are -to find the most' helpful lines
of progress; and make the very
best possible frotri them, -:A; gov
ernment IS a delicate mecbianisnv
a tender plant. It has ' the- poasi
bllities of splendid service, but it
must- ber Tightly treated; ; No ter
rlble revolution Is Impending In
the government of Oregon." '
;; IS noose H-xttlns
Governor-elect Piercei who ar-j-ived
last-night,- announces thtis
as an, essential part of his pro
gram when he takes over, the ex
ecutive power next Monday1. He
hasn't time to visit too long. He
is in the throes of house hunting;
since he and his wife and their
two daughters, Lucille and. Lor-
raine, arrived in Salem yesterday
afternoon.
rMIt would be easy to find .a
house If one were buying,' said
Mr,- 'Pierce. : "But "I've been a
stock man and a grain producer,
and Just now the more one pro
duces the less he has left for buy
ing. ' We shall Tent a' house ' as
soon as ; jossible. We're '.plain.
American home folks and flats
and hotels frighten us. ' I've been
feeding a great herd of cattle this
winter and I sold a fine bunch of
tops this week at a loss of; about
SIS a head. We're eoing to con4
tlnue to be plain borne folks, as
long j as we continue to be, food
producers." t ' 1 ;pafty at which, Mrs. C. P; Scho
1 f . Slessage To Be Brief j Jellkopf of Buffalo, Claims to have
, r Mr. Pierce announces " that , bis
legislative . message will be very
short.! It will not require more
than 30 minutes to deliver. And
it ,will be plain and to the poinU
he says. . Most of the points have
been announced 'during and since
the close of the. campaign!.;, He
says there Is nothing- new or
startling Just . plain horse sense
to fit; the present Industrial 'and
financial conditions of the state.
t Scrip form of industrialism at
the state penitentiary I to help
make the institution self-supporting
will be recommended. . Mr.
Pierce holds that the state perf
titrates a wrong in teaching Idle
ness to the men who are in its
care, and In taxing the free; people
for" the privilege of . returning
them .idle, spiritually, diseased
men who, have gotten out; of the
bablt of work. He ( does not prje
scribe any definite plan of indus
trialism, though he has been fr
years Interested In the flax; in
dustry there, started by his good
friend Governor WIthycpmbe, and
he hopes to let the flax have ev
ery possible chance to prove Itself
good. " ;-" v;i . ,:V;; ' :; '
Income Tax, Machinery Uncovered
Mr. Pierce reiterates his stand
on a state Income tax. He pro
poses that Oregon might present
a memorial to congress, through
Senator McNary, for; an amend
ment to the federal income5 tax
law, k allowing states thM have
(Continued on page 3)
OLCOTT WILL
ttt jut r-i v r a --
: FIRST THING
TJien J He Will Rest Short
V Time; .After That Uncer-
"tainty, But No Politics
To i put on ? the old ; "mushing"
togs and : clean up the - basement
at home that "will ! be " Covernor
Olcott's first job after he leaves
the executive chair. So the gov
ernor; declared , yesterday. . Then
he; going to rest up for a couple
of; months, j; After that-well the
governor continues to be silent as
to plans, for the. future, except to
say i;that ; he will; remain In'" Ore
gon f or "a - time at least.
"Are you going to hand around
the legislature a good deal?!'the
governbrj was asked." . 4 -f
VHumh-umh," he negatived;
with a shake "Of the head, and one
of the Olcott quiet kind of smiles.
"No, when I walk out of that door
and leave Mr. Pierce -In charge I
am' throughwith ; politics, either
dfrectly v or Indirectly. I shall!
have, no lines of interest on ' any
department , ' '
Joggea . again 'with an Inquiry
about the future, he responded!
Of course I have several things
In- mind nothing - definite. . ! But
first I Am going to clean up my
basement. That , will take a
couple of days. : r - '-
t? want to! say, however, that
I have no regrets as I step out.
I have the; kindliest feeling for
the. people ' pi Oregon,.-' including
Mr- Pierce, whom I wiadt a i euc-(
cessful administration. The peo
ple hare been, kind to me in the
12. years that I have been in pub
lif m'jy':y;i ;-'f;: ji
These sentiments ' at . greater
length, were expressed by the gov
ernor.' in an. .address before the
Rotary .club at rnooa yesterday.
At the' conclusion : of his speech
he was ' warmly? eulogized by T.
B. Kay, former; state treasurer
and long associated with Gover
nor Olcott In Oregon politics.
tCTOB HELD Ofl
F rank Carman, Companion
of Wealthy,, implicated
in $500,000 . Haul
NEW YORK, Jan. 3.
Barrett Carman', former '
FranK
actor.
companion of the wealthy;
host at the New Year's
and
eve
been robbed of jewels valued at
$500,000 i today was held i with
out ball charged with having
aided two men, a yet unarrest
ed, in committing-grand larceny.
He will be ; examined Friday.
The ' police after -a j search .ot
Carman's apartment - in West
52nd street, where the; party was
held,' declared: that they, had dis
covered a possible clue and that
they were hunting for two men,
residents of the' apartment .be
low Carman's, In ? which Mrs.
SchoeHkonf said ' she had been
robbed. : This apartment j whicn
Carman : ; had taken v over from
Fanny j Br ice.: actress wlfe;f;,ot
Kicky Arnsteln, was sub-leased,
according to the police, on Dec
ember i 6, 'to : three actors.
Federal Land Bank Bonds
to Be Issued by Bankers
NEW YORK, Jan. 3An of
fering of 75 million ten to twenty
year 4 1-2 per cent federal land
bank- bonds was announced today
by a nation-wide ' syndicate ; of
bankers., ;The bonds' will r be of
fered at 101 and Interest to yield
4 3-S to the redeemable, date and
1933 and 4 .1-2 per cent . thereaf
ter ; The a bonds . win '. be ' exempt
from federal, state and municipal
taxation and are dated January 1,
1923.'" .' 'f '
ROBBERY
CHARGE
DEFENSE CALLS
WITNESSES If!
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Killing of twenty Non-Union
Wbrkers' Heid Result of
"Invasion" by Armed
Mine Guards.
TESTIFIER
REVEALS
PLAN FOR SHOOTING
Strike Breakers Declared to
Have Deliberately Made
Plans for Murder
. MARION, 111., Jan. 3. (By the
Associated ". Press) Fifteen .f witnesses-
were called to the stand
by.: the defense today at the. jtrial
of five ; men charged with murder
In , connection with the , Herrinj
riots, to bear out Its ; contention1
that the killing of 20 , non-union
workers directly resulted from the
"Invasion' of Williamson county
by armed mine guards'. . ;
Terrorizing Chargeo! -; i 'U.'.
Highway robbery, the ( terror-
Izing of "the surrounding Tcountry
sldiand, the holding,; L up and
searching of travelers along the
public: highway were some of the.
things charged against' the guards
by witnesses who described ev
ents from- the coming i of ; : the
guards? early in . June up ,to the
start of ' the - riots the i afternoon
of June 21 the : day three union
miners, were killed. t
. Lucian Tucker, who said he bad
been ' a miner for 28- years- and!
was a: member of the union, said
that . he . had gone to the' .Lester
"strip" mine - where the trouble
started about the middle of June
to collect a bill. : He declared that
an armed - guard , escorted him. tq
C. , K: . McPowellj.' superintendent
of the mine:and ,one of the first
men killed daring j the ; rioting.
Salesman ; Cursed
"McDowell' asked me .if f was
a spy and I told him I was not,'!
het testified. "He also asked me
what the union men were saying
about the re-opening of the mine
and I told hint I did not know;
Then' he said he . was going ' to
work the mine. union or no union,
If he had to work it in blood and
(Continued on page 3)
Olcott, Announces Appoint
ment When Senate CoVi- :
firms Coke Selection
Governor Olcott late yesterday
announced the appointment of
John C. Kendall, attorney of
Marshfield, to the office of clr-,
cult judge to succeed Judge John
S. .Coke, who has been appointed
by. President Harding as United
States district jattorneyf in Port
land, to succeed Lester Humph
rey. :- i ."' i :' f
1 The appointment of Judge Ken.
dall was announced by Governor
Olcott upon, receipt of a telegram
from Senator McNary, announcing
that the United States senate had
confirmed the ; appointment of
Judge Coke. J ) 'h -:, " '
I Judge . Kendall -.will be one" of
the judge's. for. the' second judicial
district, which comprises Benton,
Coos. Curry. Douglas. Lane and
Lincoln counties. Judge James1
W. Hamilton of Roseburg '. and
Judge George P. Sklpworth of
Eugene also 1 preside "In that dis
trtct. -: vc' t: i'
The governor yesterdar: stated
that Judge 'Kendall would be his
selection if the : senate confirmed
the ' Coke appointment.' Judge
Kendall Is a member of the law
firm of Kendall &.Goss ot Marsh
Held. ' " - '. -
ran
ID
CIRCUIT
JUDGE
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n
KELSO, Wash., Jan. 3 A suspension tnV r -the
Cowlitz river here collapsed tonight tmr- th t'-v,
of a traffic jam' caused by a stalled automc;.:: v U
100 pers6ns,4ccprdinr to '.bestestimatea 'were' rrcci
into the flojpded and;jnish!nfr'i1ver;';-v;'-'tvi.''.'' ; - '
,!4;At a late hour no bcxlies had been, recovered bet frc
u pwpie were saia to pe
III O'ffl .
: -ALVIX M. OWSLEY i
National Commander of Am-
ericari Legfoh.VVilf Mate.
? ; ? Public Address - Here
f .fr'?;,!, ' ,1 : :;: ;
Alvin'M. Owsley, national corn
ruander of, the American- Legion,
is y to be . the guest i of Salem
Friday, noon; Jan. 5.?; le is; mak
ing, a tour of the whole United
States, peeing what the Legion
wants and needs, and ' helping
to put the s Legion arid Its; aims
more clearly before the people".
! The Salem reception will take
the form ; of a plate dinner . at
the Marlon hotel at 12:30, . to
which a full - representation ot
Salem ; business and professional
men and' farmers and every kind
of citizenry Js invited. Tickets
may - be ; secured from" Oeorge
Griffith; new commander 4. of Sa
lem American , Legion T post- or
at; the' hotel: ;f:; I ; ',- .'..R -
Com m ander O wsley is a- law
yer," born In Texas 34'. years ago.
educated in the famous .Virginia
Military academy and Texas stats
university, and was i a major in
the. World . war, . He is rated as
a fiery, dynamic speaker,' a logi
cal thinker, . 'and - what - he will
have to say of the aims of the
Legion Is expected ; to be well
worth; hearing.' Capital post, or
Salem,; while like, all other Le
gion posts must draw its mem
bers only from, the ranks j of the
service men Js fully as anxious
to ' have' everybody,--understand
Just what the Legion . means in,
patriotic service. This chance
to have the national commander
speak to the public of , Salem
is considered . an opportunity, and
the Legionaires hope- to have
every available inth of the Mar
ion dining room filled to hear
a message of real, j- national im
port. : .
35 : STUDENTS FAIL -T-TTfiRNE.
Or..? Jan. 3. Thirty-
five students at the University, of
Oregonfailed. upon examlnati6n of
grades during ; the fall term, ac
finrMna to anno nncement ' today
, fTa riPtan - Spencer, registrar.
One hundred seventeen were
rUA - on .urobation foryschoiar-
ship work not up to standard, .
icolucu uuu ne wreckage., itescue work vr23
tetoSmrmto transformer m ihl dcl t
plant' had blown oat aHd.th'ere were no electric lirht. ,
o
iu:'4-:-.M .Mr- .--it. fe-'i-Tv s'.
i
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missing: and nearly- as 1
' The .bridge, a long wooJen
strticture,w "was suspended Ly ( .
hies; and It waa said a' t u r n b a c i ! 3
supporting- the inorth V.cahl. xv a
Ttt ripped ofjts thread by. tho pre j-
surp.-t faeveral pedestrians on the
brldgesaw' It going andescajeJ.
fTwo .weeks ago the 'bridge was
subjected to a severe strain Ly a
log Jam. The last of the logs w;n
cledred Monday, of thia wc.
There, was a difference of opinion
tonight a to whether the -log
luuuiuuiea io me accident.
v . ivr AMJUJf !f ;
: The collapse of the bridsW c
serfous handicap, to the -Long-I:!
Lumber, company, which has L . 1
using the structure for Its'tr in i
to Longvlew, the town 'being' ds
veloped along model lines ca 11,
000 acres near. here.
, Kelso, was in . darkn'pss for r.
time following, the accident. .
; ; The ' steamer. Poniono hag I : j
Searchlight, turned-on th riv-
where the men went down ton! : 1 i
hoping to locate the bodies.
Thomas Wakefield, Kalar:;
butcher, is In. a local hospital In
Jured about the head. w. IU
Sullivan suffered .a- broken - iej.
Many were rescued by life Ifr. j
ana py boats.. E. F.. Hatch, Dir'.t
watchman for the Long-Bell Luni.
ber company, went Into the river
in his car. , When he freed him
self he was under the wreckagg.
Hel clambered th
hers and was rescued. Kay. Cut
tls, a youth employed by the Lons
Bell Lumber company, was in a.
car, A Arter CurUa, freed himself
from the car a third man grail 1
him by the leg.. , The two w ent
down several, times. The naa
finally released his hold on Cur
tis, and Curtis swam a quarter of
a mile to 4 boat,
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!: 1 X Wreckage Removed r
1 William Harvey, driver 'for a
Standard Oil ; truck which went
into tne river, was pulled out:' on
leg1 broken. " 4
; County Commissioner-elect Bea
Barr of Woodland . was" anions
those definitely listed as mlsslne.
His automobile was in the wreck
age. ;. "";; ... 1
i -X J rt In it "
4.. 4 T, u mu. a, u, iiununcion
and children of Fred Iluntlngtoa,
George Hoover. Jack Godfrey and
a hoy named Pennell, alo wero
among those missing. '
O. O. McDonald, a plumber waa
In a critical condition at a hos
pital tonight, having been crushed
by I timbers. A man named Kirk
also was in a serious condition. ,
No effort -was being mada to
night to move the mass of vrccli-.
age, In order to avoid the danger
of having bodies carried away la
the stream.
Tlfe Lbng-Beil company mada
a check of its employes and. re
ported that none of Its men werai
losL ;f; v .;;;"- i.;v: ' ....
u I ' Rtidse Old Structure
I ; fThe Cowlitz river Is a j.arrow
Bteao and- at times of high.waier
is very swift. ' Recent heavy ra;r.i
have flooded the river. .
The bridge which collapsed was
one of the early spans acroi 11.3
Cowlitz and was erected 101:3 le
fore the needs - of ' present Cay
traffic were dreamed of. .
In 1915" it was considered la
bad shape and at that time was
rebuilt. V "
Two piers of heavy pilics rro
vlded the " foundations for the,
structure, which was of a basculd
suspension type, this construction
being necessary because cf tL
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