The Oregon statesman. (Salem, Or.) 1916-1980, August 08, 1925, Page 1, Image 1

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m i t- i ..-.-a- SALEM. OREGON, SATURDAY MORNING, AUGUST 8. 1925 ! I i "
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BOY KILLS FATHER;
MOTHER
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Minister is Murdered by Son,
Boy is I nought to
Be Insane
CONFESSION IS MADE
Police l sable to Account for
1 Strange Story; Boy Now
j Charged With Murder
In First Degree
ALLISON. Iowa, Aug. 7. (By
Associated Press.) The strange
story or a youth, who while "not
fully awake," last night shot and
killed his father, the Rer. R. V.
Vanderroort, Methodist Episcopal
.jjtstor at Parkersburg and
wounded his mother was told here
late today by the slayer, Warren
Vanderroort, 17 years old.
i In a written statement to Henry
; : W, Burma, sheriff of Butler coun
i ty, Vanderroort recited details of
((: constant family quarrels, the pur
' ! chase of a 22 caliber rifle, the
( shooting of first his father and
IL. Lt. 1 . .
I i wen ni momer, wnen she ap
i peared at the doorway of her bed
i i room to learn the cause of the
first shot, his sudden "awakening"
and his attempt at a getaway.
1 1 Ha was formally charged with
first degree manslaughtexshere to
day and will be lodged In the
county jail until the October term
of court opens. , 1
!; Vanderroort said in his confes-
, slon that he beliered bis mother's
mind was diseased, which was the
reason she quarreled with her hus
band and son.; He insisted that he
and his father had been good
friends. He was graduated from
I the Parkersburg high school last
spring, was considered one of the
I brightest boys in. the class and
had planned to enter Cornell col
lege thl fall. i I
' j Yesterday afternoon Vander
roort said he purchased a rifle at
the store and hid It In the home.
A violent quarrel at ' the supper
.table ensued when the mother
"suspected something" and durin
the course of the bickerlne she
eclared that she wished she were
aeaa, a few minutes later Rer.
Vanderroort made the same state-
ment. - 1 ; ;V' -y -'
After the family had retired the
boy, who sleeps in a tent on the
lawn, crept upstairs armed with
the rifle which he had purchased
late that afternoon. He shot and
killed his father who was In the
hallway and when his mother ap
peared at the doorway of the bed
room shot her in the temple.
"I was not fully awake,", be in.
slsts In his written confession, "to
know what I was doing, although
1 know that is no excuse.
"When I had done It I woke up
and my first thought was to get
way from those awful figures on
the floor," he said. V
When arrested this morning he
aid that another man had done
the shooting and that he had been
forced to accompany the murderer,
but said he gare up this story
!;uei1 prised to "make a clean
vieaai or u." , -W.
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. -"u is an- only child and
uciuurs oi the family hare been
CRIMINALS ARE WARNED
ATTACK MADE AGAINST CRIME
taiau ADVERTISING
"CAGO. Aug. 7.(By Asso-
a T VeM ' Chicago today de-
v.ucu tu aiiacK crime through ad
v.vuius. Aiorran a. -i rv.mn.
chief; of police,; announced that
-nings to criminals and to those
contemplating crime are to be
printed ln poster form and will be
icCa f m street cars, derated
"us ana otner public conrey
: ncesn-;('. :;;,.;. ;", y
wuo rosier captioned "You
Cant Win." shows a condemned
umn Deing led to the gibbet. An
other says that "7,000 police are
worn to get youdead or alire."
and "You'll bare to get all the
breaks One HtUe slip means
JOliet. .: - .' j I ;'(
"Adrertisement as' a weapon
against crime is an InnoraUon"
Chief Collins said, "but I believe
it will do much good. Eren If it
fails to deter the crooks, it assur
edly will awaken the public to an
appreciation or the police depart
ment." " '
PIONEER' IS DEAD
SPOKANE. Aug. 7.-lword was
recelred here today of the death
of Clement B. King, one of the
earliest Spokane; pioneers. atvAI
hambra, Cat, yesterday. Mr. King
came to Washington territory in
186S and ran stage. line from
Colfax to Spokane Falls and Col-
SALEM SWELTERS WHEN
THERMOMETER HITS 93
UNOFFICIAL REPORTS SAY 8S
EARLY LAST NIGHT
Cool, Places Are Crowded and
Water Resorts Popular Dur
ing Hottest Hours
Heat that for Its continuance
until late last night fails to break
records only because. records! are
not kept of temperatures of, the
late afternoon nad ere'ning, yester
day sent local citizens scattering
to swimming ; resort and erery
other place where relief was arail
able, when an official report of -3
degrees was made for the day;
Forest fires that hare increased
the humidify in the ralley to an
unusually bign point made actir
ity unusually uncomfortable al
though the mercury soared only to
the 96 degree point in the down
town district. :
The slowness with which the
mercury mored on it fm4
nightly descent was the cause of
moat of the protests 'yesterday.
Downtown thermometers at 7
o'clock registered 91 derree nH
the column had fallen oniv thr
degrees by 8:30 o'clock. I I
Traffic on roads leading H In
erery direction was congested last
aight as i car ' owners sourht i tn
temper their discomfort! One of
the largest crowds of the sen an n
packed W,illson park at the band
concert last night. The tempera
ture eridently iad an effect upon
the temperament of those present
for police reported more difficulty
than usual in keeping, the crowd
orderly and one arrest was made.
Weather records show that J.
Plur has ignored this district for
55 days, it being that length of
time since the last rain here.
MUST SUPPORT CHILDREN
MONEY MUST BE PRODUCED
j uk TKRM IN JAIL LOOMS
Declaring that John Olson m
either pay for the suDbort nf hii
children, now in the custody of his
dirorced wife, or go to Jail. Judge
L.IH. McMahan walked out of the
court room yesterday, while testi.
xneny was being taken. I
"I already know enough about
this case. Olson has been ordered
by the court to pay 125 a month
for the support of bis children,
and he has not done so.- He has
married again, I've heard enough
I know the.facts of the case, and
that's all I want to know. This
fellow will pay for the support of
his children or he will go to Jail."
John Olson, a farmer of. Polk
county, jwas dirorced by his wife
14 months ago. The court then
ordered him to pay $25 a month
for the support of his two chil
dren. ' ; '
He Is said not to hare done
this, and when cited to appear be
fore the court to explain why he
did not, he refused to appear.! A
warrant was issued for his arrest,
charging contempt of court, j
I It Is said that his father has
agreed to pay money that Is past
due, rather than hare his son r0
to Jail. 6
ARBITRATION IS SCORED
COAL
MINERS SAY lIATTRTt
w.. OF LIFE AND DEATH
; ATLANTIC CITY, N. J Aug. 7
-irjy ine Associated Press)
vuuuaers nerer will be permitted
by miners to serre as arbitrators
in the hard coal fields. John L.
Lewis, president of" the United
wine Workers of America said In
a radio address broadcast from
the Hotel Ambassador- tonight.
"Anthracite operators," ' Mr.
Lewis said, with .reference to the
wage negotiations - irhlch were
broken off last Tuesday, "ask the
miners to arbitrate the question
inrolred In the negotiations of a
wage an dworkjng agreement. Ar
bitrate what .Is It possible that
we are asked to arbitrate the mat
ter Hit life or death?
f "Are we to arbitrate the ques
tion "whether a miner shall be per
mitted to earn a decent. American
imng for himself and his family?
Are we to arbitrate the earning
capacity of the miner? Ar va n
arbitrate the " amount . we i may
spend for food, for clothing, for
shelter, for education tof his chil
dren and his status as a citizen?
Some Question ...k
jw oi arbitration and the Unit
ed Aline Workers of America will
never agree that his personal and
family matters are to h riPi.rmin.
ed by outsiders."
K. C. CONVENTION ENDS
DULUTH. Minn.. An p. .7 n.
Associated Press) Seren hundred
nignis of Columbus, wearied
from trarelinr 175 mitM ,.
ciai train and automobile rer the
Iron ranges today, left Duluth for
their homes in rarious parts, of
the United States and American
possessions. Mexico and nnJm
tonight, with the
Phnadelphia . will see the 126
Ciynreatioa;-. ''yyyry : v"--
5SBIi
Police Say Body Found5 In
Schwartz Laboratory Ex
plosion Identified
CHEMIST BEING SOUGHT
Former Employer of G. W. Barbe
Declares Identification of
. 3Ian Is Made Beyond
Any Doubt I " ,
SAN, FRANCISCO. Aug. 7. (By
Associated Press.) The murder
vttl . . -
"vmiu.wuusb cnarrea body was
found in the laboratory of the Pa-
cujc cellulose company: at Walnut
Creek , f? ".owing a mysterious ex
plosion, was positirelr Identified
tonight as G. W. Barbe, itinerant
laborer. Idenilfication was made
by Cedl Barker, Placerrille under
taker, an acquaintance of Barba.
after minutely viewing the body
in me ban Francisco morgue.
Barker was brought to San
Francisco, to view the corpse,
which was at first beliered
Charles Henry Schwartz, hearily
Insured chemist of the Cellulose
company, after he had identified
articles found near the body os be
longing to Barbe.
. The hand writing appearing in
letters discorered In he partially
wrecked laboratory was declared
by experts to be identical with
that of letters and papers In the
possession or the Placerrille un
dertaker, which were written br
Barbe. . . 7
MARTINEZ, Cal., Aug. 7.-(By
Associated Press). -Identification
of the body found in the Walnut
creek plant of the Pacific Cellu
lose company under '; conditions
that prompted the belief that
Charles Henry Sch warts; chemist,
had met death in an explosion, as
G. W. Barbe was made by a form
er employer of Barbe late today.
Cecil Barker, an undertaker of
' (Continued on page 2)
STOCK DISEASE SPREADS eney of Redding. - He was ar
ZllSr nCAUi rested- on charges of disturbing
FRESH CASES OF HOOF AND
MOUTH DISEASE FOUND
HOUSTON, Texas, Aug. 7.
(By Associated Press.) Four
fresh cases of foot and mouth
disease in two contiguous spots
were found near south Houston
today by scouts for Dr. Marlon
Imes, federal expert in charge of
disease eradicating work In the
area south of Houston. Today's
cases were found on ! the open
range. Approximately 119 infect
ed animals were immediately de
stroyed. Meanwhile plans for an
extension of the quarantine tone
and to cope with the : possibility
that approximately 1,000 or more
contact cattle may hare to be
destroyed, were! going forward.
HERE'S A
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WOUNDED MAN BELIEVED
THUG WANTED IN 'SALEM
B.NDIT WHO ATTACKED AGED
FARMER THOUGHT HELD
Walter Bingham, 30, Said to be
Rear Death in Portland;
! ! Hospital
Declaring that there is no doubt
but that Walter Bingham. 30. now
in a Portland hospital suffering
from serious gunshot wounds, is
one of the men who attacked
Henry Stauffer of Donald Thurs
day, Sheriff O. D. Bower returned
from Portland yesterday after
checking up oh the suspect. .. One
bullet fired by Stauffer, when two
men attacked him, pierced Bing
ham's lungs and another lodged In
his abdomen. He has a , chance
for reeorery. ; '
Stauffer was attacked Thurs
day afternoon when he started to
enter his barn. As he opened the
door two men jumped out at him
and hammered him on the head
with clubs. Dazed, . the farmer
managed to draw a rerolrer from
his pocket. He fired at the men
until the gun was empty. One of
the men fell, rolled orer, but later
escaped. The other is beliered to
have been unhurt.
: The attack was reported to the
sheriff immediately, and be noti
fied police, in Portland and other
cities. I A Bhort time later a wire
was recelred here stating that a
man answering the description of
the bandit had applied for en
trance in a Portland hospital, suf
fering ; from bullet wounds. He
was ordered held, and Sheriff
Bower left for Portland yesterday
morning. -
The cause of the attack on the
Donald farmer is a mystery. No
theories, except that or robbery,
are offered by the authorities, and
this seems insufficient as Stautter
did not . possess any considerable
amount of money. He declares
I f Continued on pt S) "
LOOK COSTS 20 DAYS
ANKLE-GAZING BANNED
BY
1 REDDING POLICE
OAKLAND, Cal., Aug. 7. The
preraUing style of women's dress
brought grief- today" to Mohn
the peace and sentenced to 20 davi
In jair after two women complain-)
ed' he had looked too attentirelyl
ai meir ankles.
"What chance has a man got
nowadays?" Sweeney said as he
was taken to JaiL "Dresses are
up to the knees, and I get 20 days
Just for looking." 1
FRENCH CASUALTIES LISTED
i
JERUSALEM, Aug.. 7 (By
Associated- Press.) French cas
ualties in the recent fighting at
Suediah against Syrian rebels ag
gregate 200 killed and 600 wound
ed, say reports reaching here from
the affected region. Much French
equipment was captured by the
Druse tribesmen during the f ighU
ing. r
DISTRESSING TRAFFIC
NEGRO LYNCHED BY MOB
OF OVER ONE THOUSAND
JAIL WRECKED BY HUGE MOB,
FOUCE OVERPOWERED
Prisoner, Declared Guilty of At
tack on White Girl, la
Hanged to Tree
CACELSIOR SPRINGS. Mo..
Aug. 7. (By Associated Press.)
A mnK At 1 ft ft A fvMAi. i t.
WaTtMtte
ior an alleged attack about mld-
nigbt last night on young white
girl in the country sereral miles
irom here. The mob obtained en
trance to the city hall in which
the Jail is located by the ruse of
a false fire alarm, and dragged
the negro through the main street.
past the fashionable Elms hotel.
to a place about a mile south of
the town where he was hanged
to an oak tree.
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.uuvuen was arresiea mis morn-
mg at his home. 1
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W.. .v.. .w
" ,ic " iui me negro was
in 1 t l.t, j .
opreaa, a crowa
. I u. iucio were
threats but no riolence as the
iZir "10"1 a Ieader: Chief
of Police J. E. Craren and eight
Ann-7ff;78f.rded.?,ntChe11-
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Zi: . "I ' i"u,cu lo-
Dart Of tllo mnK wna I-
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on Tie olrt of b
thebuilding. WWnThelar.
side door of the fire department
room was opened for the truck the
mob poured in. A man with a
sledge hammer battered down the
door leading to the cell room and
smashed the lock" from the cell.
The negro, already In handcuffs
was drareed from L kTi2- "a
was dragged from the building and
down the main street Dast tha Elm
hotel, where guests crowded the
reranda. A rope was nrocured on
the way and upon arrlral at an
oak tree about a mile from town
a man tossed the rope orer a limb
and fire other men pulled the
negro into the air,
The hanging was witnessed by
passengers on a stub train that
runs between Excelsior Springs
and Excelsior Springs Junction.
(Contlnscd on t.)
CONVICT FINISHES BOOK
av,jv XiAiRM WRITES "PROOF
IMMORTALITY"
jack Laird.. life termer at the!01 Dorothy Sunshine Brownin
owe prison, yesterday completed
his work on a book in which he
professes to glre irrefutable nroof
4 A - .
of life after death. The volume is
entitled "Proof of Immortality."
Laird has been working on the
UTO B,nce ne was recelred at the
lUBuiuuon sereral years ago.
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nCUlcm.cu iur Kuiinr
a uci-ui nurrui in ine course orio reroae tne adoption. 7
u nempiea roooerr or the n a.
keeper on the interstate bridge Browning is fit to be her guard
near Portland, prior to this time Jan." she wrote to the commis-
i-i ' records Bnow'
uV uu ruooea a man tram
near Seattle. The latter crime was
not connected with him until f-
ter his arrest and trial on tha mil.
de c)ia
"
PROBLEM
ADOPTEDGIRL HY
OEUIDH:
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growing's Secretary! De
clares "Cinderella Girl"
Will Go to Parents
IS FLAYED
I Adoption Said
Demoralizing to
Young Girls of Community;
Millionaire Denies
Report
I NEW vnnv av t m- m.'
Associated , Press) a! statement
I Issued tonlrht , M...t
I retarr nf P.Hw.h w t
I ... UIUITU
ine. real eatata m.n ),A ..i
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i Aiarr louiha Rnam
.1. ' -" FO'VWIl
mg to bare been authorited by
nim, announced that the rlrl
would b mt tj... -
tomorrow and that he was willing
to inralidate the adoption
statement was later rep. -
Qiaied Browning who denied
-tatement had been Ik-
sued with his approral.
I
I ine secretary said: that Mr
Browning's decision as expressed
In tDe statement was based on the
a.ttUnde lr- er. commis
iTedat II 'ZlnlTr'li df
7 ; 'he",DR T b .dl8"
trict attorney on the adontion that
the transaction was "highly de
moralizing to the young girls of
me community."
The contents of the statement
k J T V"" connnne.
?y the new,Jr dopted Cinderell
were to a certain extent confirmed
ueroeu auring a conference at
Kew Gardens, in which the real
estate operator's attorney was a
participant, in tears, she admit
ted that she was 17 years old In
stead of 16, as she had maintained
before. She cried that she was
ready to return to her parents and
the impression was giren that the
homegolng would take place to
morrow.
NEW YORK. Aug, 7.f B Th
Associated Press). A new ele
ment enterai titlaw Int. 4V. '
situation lnrolrlng the adop-
Itlon of Mary Louise Soas br Ed-
I wra w- Browning, wealthy real
I esie operator. Mrs. Anne St.
John of Rye, N. Y.. foster mother
1 BOUni dTice as to the cancella
t,on f that adoption which 00
I curred six years ago. j
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Asserting that many statements
made to her when Dorothy was
dopted since har been proren
I se, Mrs. St. John asked Bird a
I Loier, commissioner of public wel
.11. .
1 . iure was not nnm a
l cannot hoiiav. !, f
B,oner. nd now this disgusting
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HOSPITAI C ncccunrn
i u LIIU6U
SUPERINTENDENT OF ASYLUM
MAY BRING CHARGES '
i AtUMAf Wash., i Aur 7 i-
Awaiting specific charges of mis
management had declaring that
the Western State hospital for the
insane at 'Steilacoom Is always
open tor .Inspection, Dr. Darld
Livingstone, superintendent, to
night intimated that he would in.
stltute legal proceedings again P.
o. Egbert, Pierce county leciala.
tor. 'I
Mr. Egbert recently wrote the
gorernor .that conditions at th
state institution were deplorable
and that he was prepared to glre
proot ro substantiate his state
ment. i '
"Mr. Egbert has saidnothlsr
yet that I can reply to," Dr. Ur-
mgston declared last niehL mit
nas made no specific charges and
when he does I shall.be prepared
to go Into court for my rlndica-
tion.- ' - - . .
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LITTER OF SEALS FOUND
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liimlCi YOUNGSTERS TT
CO TiRED IN CEDAR LOG
TACOMA. Aug. 7.' Securelr
cached In a .half hollow cedar log.
which was towed down from abore
trereu with a raft of lors thu
morning, was found an old mother
seai witn a thrinng litter of young
seals which she had eridently
giren birth to after crawling Into
the cedar . log. The . apparently
nPPy family was discorered
one of its members stuck its head
out of the end of the log and then
disappeared into the waters of
the sound, oft one of the local
docks.. 1
AUTO BUILDER DIES
A
INDIANAPOLIS. Aug. 7. fiw
Associated Press.) J. J. Cole,
president and- general 'manager
of the Cole Motor Car comnanr
died at the Claypool hotel here
eicrtl before" ta!2a!Stt . tonight,
ACCOUNT IN GENESIS IS
DECLARED TO BE FALSE
PETITION FILED ATTACKING
ANTI-EVOLUTION BILL
Author of Attack Declares Teach
Ing Bible Account to Be
Condemned
KNOXVILLE. Tenn., Ang. 7.
(By Associated Press.) Tenn-
es8oe'aanti-reTolutlon statute was
directly attacked today in a bill
filed in the United States district
court by Jamts Robert Wilson, a
taxpayer, on the ground that the
law ia in riolation of the first sec
tion of the 14th amendment of the
constitution of the United States.
Gorernor Austin Peay, State At
torney General Frank M. Thomp
son and A. T. Stewart, attorney
general for Rhea county, are nam
ed as the defendants in the bill.
The bill, whose filing has been
expected for sereral days, as a
part of the general attack against
the anti-erolution law, was signed
by John R.-Neal, Clarence Darrow
of Chicago,.. Bainbridge Colby of
New York and Frank B. McEI-
wee of Rockwood. as solicitors
'for the complainant
The bill is in no way inrolred
with the Scopes' trial held recent
ly at Dayton and in fact departs
entiiely from the position taken
by attorneys' for Scopes In that
noted trial, in that it flatly de
clares that the story of the crea
tion as taught In the Bible is con
tradicted by the theories of erolu
tion. The petitioner. Wilson, who
arers that he is the owner of
150.000 worth of real estate, and
Is the head of a family consisting
of his wife and fire children from
six to 18 years of age. also states
that he does not bellere that the
theory of the creation as giren in
the Bible is true'and that he ob
jects to it being taught to his chil
dren. ;
This part of the petition Is as
follows:
"Your petitioner further arers
that he is not a belierer .ln the
story of the creation of man as
giren in the Bible and does not ac
cept said story as a true story of
creation, but be is a bellerer In
the scientific theory of creation
popularly known as the theory of
rolutlon; that he does not desire
to hare his children taught the
story of creation of man as giren
In the Bible and if said statute Is
enforced he and all other cltixens
of the state of Tennessee who be-
Here in the theory of erolutlon
rather than In the theory of crea
tion of man as giren In the Bible
will be compelled to withdraw
their children from -the public
schools of said state and such
children will be deprived of the
opportunity to obtain an education
to the great and irreparable dam
ce of your petitioner and other
citizens of the state of Tennessee
in the same situation and thereby
your petitioner will be deprived of
hie liberty and property without
due process of law and will be de
nied the equal protection of the
law."
The bill was filed in the office
of Clerk Lee A. Beeler today about
ii o clock by Dr. John R. Neal.
senior counsel In the Scopes trial
ai uayion. Since the petition
prays for an injunction, tempor
arily restraining the state officers
rrom enforcing the erolution law,
ana ior a final decree and Judr
ment declaring the statute roid
and unconstitutional and as such
must be heard by two district
Judges and Judge of the United
States circuit court of anneaU or
justice of the. supreme court.
CAT MASCOT MISSING
FLYING PUSSY" GETS OFF AT
WRONG AIR STATION
tusvELAND. Auk. 7 tn
Associated Press. )lke, cat mas
cot at the United States air mail
field here, disappeared. She next
w seen at Hadley field. New
Brunswick. N. J.. eastern t.rminn.
of the transcontinental air . mall
route. Then ah tnrmut
Bellefonte, penn.. the half
station between CUreland and
New York. There she was pkkad
op by Pilot Paul Collins who flew
her hack to Cleveland.
She was in the hatot
ing np Inside the tail, or t
planes for a nap," H. B. Sharer,
assistant snperintendent of t
eastern air mail . di.iA.
plained. "When ahe-u trt.
ley field, she saw she was In the
wrong place and took th f.
railable plane -for home Bat
she got off at the wrong stop."
TDIBER3LN KILLED
HOQUIAM. Wash 'an. 71
Wickman, 36. head, taller at
Northwestern Lumber comnanr
camp No., 4. about 15. miles west
of Hoqulam, was Instantly killed
when struck by a falllnr
about two minutes before quitting
time taig afternoon. He bat no
relatives care in Finland, so far
as U knowa fcerc
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PRICE FIVE CENTO
i,
i'lHuini:
Nathan Starkey, 37, of San
ta Cruz, and Infant.
Daughter Are Dead ;
TRAILER CAUSES CRASH
Two-Wheeled Vehicle Slip Ftoml
Parement and Causes Ma
chine to Torn Orer la
Deep Ditch
Nathan Starkey, 37, and his In
fant daughter, Leona Belle, seren
months, are dead as a result of an
automobile accident eight bnllea
south on the pacific highway near;
the Miller Lumber company.
shortly after noon Friday. The
baby -was killed Instantly and Mr,
Starkey died at the Salem hoa-
pital about 4 o'clock. - His cheat
was badly crushed and his back:
Injured. Jess Wlllard .Starkey.
10, was severely injured and Is
at the Salem hospital. Othen
members of the party, taken to
the Deaconess hospital, were not
seriously Injured, though Mrs.
Starkey was hysterical for some
time following the accident.
With Mr. and Mrs. Starkey was
Mrs. Leona Boye. Mr. Starkey'i
aunt, Edith Ethelmae. 8. Millie
Louise, 5, and Bessie Jane, 3. and
the surrirlhg baby. Theresa Lil
lian, a twin sister or the dead
child. All of the children were
born In India. f
The Star keys returned to this
country early In the spring and
hare been touribg- since April la.
a seren-nassenrer Studebakei
touring equipped with a trailer
They were on their way to Santa,'
Cms, CaL
Just before reaching the lumber"
mill. Mr. Starker, who bad bn
drlring near the center of the,
road, met a truck. In turning to
ward the right hand side of the,
parement to giro the other rehl
cle plenty of passing space, the
trailer, hearily loaded, began to
sway, .throwing, the huge Tehlclsj
temporarily out of controL Marks
on the parement showed that th
brakes had been applied for nearly
ids ieet.
About 50 feet from a concrete!
eulrert the touring car left the
parement, the marks showing
plainly where Mr. Starkey tad
cramped the steering wheel, bring
ing the front of the rehlcle backt
on the parement but eridently;
causing the trailer to swing fur
ther to the right and Into a deep
ditch along the side of the high
way. The weight at the rear was1
too great and caused the back 8
the touring car to leave the right
of way, turning orer and coming
(Cadaa4 ea pat ) ?
DIRECTORS ARE CHOSEN
FIRST MOVE IS TAKEX'FOI?
DRAINAGE DISTRICT
Three directors were selected at
the Richmond school last night to
lead in the organization of tha
drainage district for the south"
western portion of the city and
the adjoining territory. The three
high men and the rote each re
celred were F. W. Dur bin. 3X41;
W. H. Steualoff, 3840; and T. B.
Kay, 3630. Nearly 120 persons
attended the meeting. A total of
4S0O acres and 200 lots was re
presented by the ballots, one acre
and counting one rote and one lot
one-tenth rote.
Rhea Lopes, state engineer, ex
plained the proper procedure, to
ward permanent organ ixathra. He
suggested that three disinterested
ircisuiia oe seiectea ana to deter
mine the feasibility of the fcrolect.
make the assessments on property
tn the proportion that the proper
ty Is benefitted and with the new
directors should work out the de
tails of organization.
FIRES SURROUND CITY,
EVERETT PRACTICALLY rv,
CLOSED BY RAGING ELA2L3
EVERETT. Aur. 7. fFir ju-
elated Presi)-ETerett was to
niht surrounded by forest fires
although the situation wa practi
cally unchanged oref yetrday.
. juia or tse city a fire nr
Bererly park was burainr
fire miles and threatened
of the Ererett-Seattl interurbar.
Anotner blaze was being fouru
by. farmers whose homes wr en
dangered near Mnrphy's corner
North of here a fire was ra ;- -ten
miles long, from Marysrin- t
Arlington. A forest oa VTL J " -island,
west of bere. r,
In flames. -
aiasy pcrnons at
Lake Stevens flM
a r.r-,"t
fron ;'
nomes todar. taV
a rr h u u .
rwcFslfx: hh thom a ,
MO I MED
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of the fire.