THE OREGON STATESMAN, SALEM, OREGON
" .-A ' FRIDAY MORNING JUNE 18t 1926'-','
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School Director , - "
Editor Statesman:, Hate in the
rpr ing, at a regular; meeting ! of.
the board of education P. J.L
Gregory, who iras tketf. a ' mem
ber, tendered hia resignation,; ef
fective at once, as waft leaving
Salem. At the snext - meeting the
business of electing a "member; to
succeed Mr. .Gregory cine np. A
petition containing ; the; names "of
some "260 signers, was, presented
Wjthe people of ;;$nth Salem,
t trough signed Jby leading citizens
A?f usIne!s inear-taroughout the
cilyfreiesting that lark D. Mc-Callister-vbe?
appointed. In. this
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According . to the evidence
brought out at -the ; meeting dun
Ing the .two weeks intervening be
tween the previous meeting and
this meeting,; Mr. .Gahlsdorf had
prevailed, upon pr. Downs to ac
, cept this place. Mr. 'Gahlsdorf
pointedly objected to Mr. McCal
lister being appointed at this time
on the - grounds that, he under
stood that -.Mr. McCallister was
going to be a candidate in June,
and that such an appointment
would give him. an unfair Advan
tage over the rest of the field.
At this time i Mr, r Gahlsdorf
stated emphatically : that neither
himself nor Dr., Dnwns would be
a candidate for re-election, which
would leave the field open to com
petition between Mr. McCallister
and any others, "with, favor "to
cone." . i 1 ,; s?;
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The Capital Journal would'give
the impression that mere was a
clean-cut. spite, figvt -between Mr.
McCallister an"Mr. Gahlsdorf and
Dr. Down There s '.no such
Cght.f'riendsMr. McCallister,
and particularly my8elf75-tb6k the
other two gentlemen at their word
and urged Mr.-McCallister "to run.
lie consented, verymuch against
his will, . and insisted ... that it . be
positively understood that Downs
.and Gahlsdorf had declared against
'any intention to run. At the last
) minute, evidently, pressure was
brought to bear upon these two
.tritlemen by some who were dis
tg gruntled, and they signed.
There is no feelingagalnst Dr.
Elsinoro rr- Association '. .Vaude-'
ville and "The Lucky Xady't wtth
G reta Nessen, . Lionel ' Barrymore
and William. Collier Jr. v
OreRon -"Stella Marls." star
ring Mary Phelbin and Elliott
Dexter. .. ; ,
oHeroae has been is the eighth'
gra4e.two ears; but refused o
taJe the test last ear. Mr. Kaser,
Iklr.s.Overlund;and Mr; Loogsdprf
aretjtbft Jrustees. Mr. Overlund
presided Vat this meeting'. His
actions were .;. sustained by the
whole district. -
W. II. FUSON.
Salem, On, June 36.
BligU tRkbard Talmadge In
The Night Patrol" and firo.
Boyles Booster Show..
public schools. He .has the vision
ajid understanding of the problems
mat wiu make .nun. a -most valu
able man on the board. The city 1
is comings into a period of rapid
expansion and development. The
school system xnut keep. up. ' :
Furthermore, in running, Mr.J
McCallister'' has not. committed
himself . tguany platform, other
than this, that if ..he" Is" elected
he will , actively -i cooperate with
other members of Jthe board to the
best of his ability , to make the Sa
lem school system the-best in the
state. And also.-neither-Mr. Mc
Callister nor myself are in any
way committed "to get" any teach
er or school official, as is being
Intimated on the street. We're
for a bigger and better Salem, and
the improvement of our school
system with the means provided.'!
' v ' , FRANK NEER.
Salem, Or., June- 17.
Editor, Statesman; , !
My attention was called to an
article jof recent date in the Capi
tal. Journal in which I was ac
cused of irregularities in "school
examinations." ' I beg to state a
tew: facts through the medium of
ybufr paper. '
I have, just closed .my fifth year
in district 10 ( Evergreen school)
The total number of eighth grade
graduates during thisf time was
25. . While,; a few, have had, at
-arious times, to,' take' one or two
subjects Over, not one has failed
We have kept before the pupils
all this school year that our wish
was to have theni ' the strongest
graduated class during my stay in
this district, as it was my last year
with them. The ' Class' did excel
lent work, and the last month was
spent in strenuous drill.
. The . complaint was that the pu-
rils , received assistance. Fred
Downa.and m;.C?e'1tutW:that coukT
followlng the -fire.
there that he is in
dition. -
One of the principal witnesses
t .today's session of the inquest
was Li. -S. Atkinson, -conductor in
charge of .the train. He testified
that a small biase was found in
the ceiling of the women's dress
ing room, i The train was stopped,
passengers " ordered out of the
sleeper .and the tire brought under
control with an extinguisher.
Atkinson said that he then pass
ed through the car, and seeing
np passengers in it, ordered the
train to proceed to Crystal, a mile
and a half west. J
Upon arriving at Crystal, the
conductor continued, the front six
feet of the car were burning.
While he -was uncoupling the
coach he saw King come through
the window, giving Aim his first
knowledge tha tany one was in
the car., (King went into the
burning . coach to save some of -his
wife's ' baggage. Trapped by
flames, he Jumped through a win
dow. , When lys ,wife failed io, see
him come.out. she rushed into the
car and .perished.)
Atkinson- testified that be then
had the tourning car put on a sid
ing. By that time the interior .was
a mass of flames. The remainder
of the train, the .conductor said.
was nrriarfwlt h&tfk to the ,tl&cfe
where the f fre was ' discovered;' in
the belief that Mrs; King had been
left behind. Whetf Bhe was m
found" the train proceeded VtO
than that cause'd:by Ihe belief that
toeir. stand is -flecidedly unethical.
Drw Morris ;anjdMr. McCallister
were drawn into the . 'Contest
through the repeated statement
that neither of the other , two gen
tlemen were; to be candidates to
f?ucceed themselves. On the other
hand, those who have urged Mr.
McCalli3ter to run, did so with the
belief that he was the best man
available for the job, and even
with these gentlemen back in the
contest, they still believe that he
is the best man.
In the first place.Nerth Salem
at jthe present time is represented
Olhe board by three members
fs$jral, Gahlsdorf, and myself,
ah' living within a radius of five
diocks rrom the -Grant school.
South. Salem has one representa
I tlve, Dr. Downs. There should be
I a more equitable distribution ot
representation on the board.'
yrf Mr. McCallister is a college.
I J jf rradnate, and has ben a school
'fi teacher and" a college instructor,
$P so knows the needs of a school
system from. that. Angle. He ,is
now-a business man, paying taxes
"in Salem, and .has children in the
not pass without help., ?Mrs. Ful
ltersori ad.vised him to call a board
meeting and settle the matter, in
the mean lime she would hold up
the grades. , Mr.' Kaser refused to
comply with' her request.' i Jn about
a week Miss Kaser, (Mr. Kaser's
daughter) called by telephone and
Informed the Overlund family that
the grades were so high Mrs. Ful
kerson had thrown them all out,
and that the children would be
compelled to take the test in June
This, Mr. Overlund would not
stand for; took the matter in his
hands and after a few prelimin
aries called a meeting. Practt
cally all the district attended this
meeting. The children, 17 in all,
who wrote -at this examination,
were . present. ; J '. ;
Thedlstrit clerk, Mrs. Knight.
questioned each separately, thus:
"Did you, receive help?". Did
you sign your preliminary paper?"
There, were five pupils, in the1
eignth grade, the otner lz taking
sixth and seventh grade work. To
the question: "Did .you receive
help?" 1$ Answered o." and two
said "yes." i ' These' two were the-
young sons of Mr. Kaser." A The
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SIX LOSE LIVES IN
RAILWAY COACH FIRE
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It .was jstated
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12 CAR
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That Was the Number Yes
terday; and There May
Be Fifteen for Tody "
FIFTEEH ARE KILLED
VHEN TRAINS CRASH
(Coatinaed from $C X.) ;
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Twelve cars of black cherries
rolled out of Salem yesterday, in
refrigerator cars, on passenger
trains, making express shipments,
so that they will be on the mar
kets of the big cities of the coun
try, as far away as New .York,
within a few days. It is likely that
15 cars may go today. The grow-
ers are bringing them in fast
enough to make up that number ;
Young & Wells, at the Salem
end of the Mg bridge, shipped
four cars of Lamberts yesterday,
and two cars last night, put np by
their night force. Mr. Wells, of
that firm, said hot never expected
such a rush quantity of Lamberts
or such a high quality. It Is the
biggest -'cherry deal he has ex
perienced, though he has handled
them In Oregon. Washington and
Idaho. Young & Wells., installed
yesterday a Cutler cherry grader,
a new invention, the first one to
be seen In this section. "This gradi
er turns the cheries, so that the
sorter may see all sides .of the
fruit. It is . also a fast machine.
Denny . & Co4 worked all day
and late last njght, and sent out
four cars, and they had their
floors pretty well filled on with
Lamberts to Jegin .work on early
this morning. JThey hope to exceed
their pack of yesterday, today.
The cherry pool people sent out
two cars of Lamberts, BIngs and
Black Republicans yesterday;
mostly Lamberts, and their floors
at the Pacific Fruit & Produce
company warehouse, were well fil
led when the workers quit last
night. They hope to ship at least
three cars today; more, if every-;
thing works smoothly. These
ral .years -tit the service of -.the
Southern Paciflcv-i- -
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- Aiamson oeciarea inacpassen-
gers were "all put 'of .the sleeper J cherries are beingrecoolednin the
reduced to scrap And thr sleep
ers and a club car became a muss
of twisted .steel, ripped Asunder as
if made of paper. -
The following Is a revised offi
cial list of the dead:
Trainmen: W. S. Gordon, Derry.
Pa. engineer of the first locomo
tive hauling the Cincinnati Limited.
N. L. Hollingsworth, Greens-
burgh. Pa., Gordon's fireman. -
E. A. McConnell. Altoona, Pa.,
engineer of second limited loco-
motive.
A. McLees, New York city, bag
gage master of the limited.
Passengers '
Edwin G. Donaghy. Prttsburgb.
T. F. Farreil, Orange, N. J.
C. S. Bowman, Columbia build
ing,. Columbus, Ohio, general ag
ent of the Erie railroad.
Dr. C. B. Carter, Pittsburgh
Mellon Institute research expert
A. R. Dinsmore of Moundsville,
W. ;va.
Peter Spanos, Massillon, Ohio.
Mrs. William Brooks Dunwoody
of Wilklnsburg, Pa.
' Betty, aged 4, and Frances, .6,
daughters of Mrs. Dunwoody.
Thomas L. Porter, Washington.
Pa.
Claude Smiles, Cincinnati, Ohio.
The five passengers reported in
a '-critical condition are:-. George
Powell, . Pittsburgh, fractured
shoulder, lacerations, shock; J, S
Crowink, New York city, fractured
pelvis and broken arm; Mrs. S. E.
Bryan, Owentown, Ky., leg ampu
tated; Ralph Jones, Cincinnati,
lacerations, bruises and shock; G.
F. Kelly, New York city, internal
injuries.
Among the dead was Gordon,
engineei of the first. limited loco
motive, and his fireman, N. L4 Hol
lingsworth, who, according to
Pennsylvania railroad officials, de
clared ran - by signal flares and
torpedoes set by the flagman of
the express to guard his train
while a broken hose connection
was repaired.
BONNERS FERRY, Idaho. Jahe
17. -(By AP.) Arthuxvj. True,
engineer, was killed and Harold
P. Hawkins, his fireman, was in
jured when their- "locomotive and
fcix -cars of a .special Great Nor
thern railway fruit jtrain were de
railed and the cars went into, the
Pend O'Reille rlTer about five
miles east of here this afternoon.
Both lived in Spokane. Railroad
men believed the train, which , left
the.xaile on a curve, was derailed
by a . boulder which - had rolled
upon the tracks
Value of Oregon's
oil ; crop this year, estimated
tSOO.OOO to $1,000,000.
peppermint
'at
ADJOURN IIENTSIS m&tf
in the, house-has indicated he; will '
CO?(RKSS IMAY EXP- SRSSIOX
JZOS JU.E -28, "NOW" SAID '
.WASHINGTON, June 17; (By
Associated Press.! With a num
ber of important legislative Issues
stiU hanging fire and final Action
on most of j them unlikely before
adjournment, house and - senate
leaders predicted today that the
present session of congress would
be brought to a close Saturday,
June -26. ; j
' A resolution proposing sine die
adjournment on that date is ex
pected to be qffered in the house
Monday. It will have the support
of Speaker Xongworth. Represen
tative Til son, the republican lead-
j er, Chairman Snell of the rules
committee and others, although,
Oppose A get-away until the. final
action is - had "on the rivers and
harbors bill, now pending before a
senate committee. ' .- . -
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- NOBILE 13 ADVANCED
NOME, Alaska,. June 17. (By
Associated -Press-) r-Colonel Urn
berto - Nobile. ..who "designed the
dirigible yNorge and piloted it
across the North Pole from "Eu
rope to Alaska, told The Associat
ed, Press before leaving here today
for Seattle, that he had been made
general oi the Italian, air service,
in command of All Its operations.
t Eugene fruitgrowers to deliver
two cars prunes Jn London, - . -i .
when the (rain 'was 'first stopped
and .his story was clpsely corrob
orated byjother railroad employes.
BUCHANAN LOSES ACTION
FALLS TO J1ECO VER DAMAGES
JN : "FAKE -STORK' CASE
PORTLAND, June 17. (By
Associated Press). Charles E.
Buchanan's suit for J25,000 dam
ages from Dr. William OV Spencer
and Mrs. Alta B.' Y. Spalding in
the "fake stork'Scase failed today
when a circuit court Jury returned
a verdict, in faor- of the defend
ants. - . - , ."
The suit was..based.on ' Buchan
an's aiiegauon- tnai oeienaanxs
bad donspired with his wife to
make him .-believe he -was the
father of a baby boy secured
through a newspaper advertise
ment. Mrs.-. Spalding is the oper
ator 'of the vromen's hospital here.
The Jury accompanied the ver
dict -with a reprimand, expressing
the disapproval of the "unethical
conduct of Dr. Spencer, and Mrs.
Spalding.,. Both defendants tes
tified during the trial that they
had agreed to help Mrs. Buchanan
only after she told them that to
hold her husband's love she. must
make him believe . he was the
father, of a baby boy.
' Washington county plans for 35
miles new market roads this year.
plant of the Pacific Fruit ,jV Pro
duce company. v
AC the Canneries
All the eight canneries were
going strong arid 'also the barrel-
ins and shipping concerns, on lo
ganberries, raspberries and cher
ries. The Royal Anns Are coming
strong yet, and the blacks at the
two canneries using them. Black
caps are perhaps half in, also red
raspberries. The peak load for
loganberries Is on,' and will, with
.favorable weather, last for a
couple of weeks yet, -wj$hj a good
.supply perhaps for three "'"weeks.
Then: there will be a little lull, till
the evergreen blackberries cfme in
quantities. ' ;
The prospect for a goo'ddeal
.more than a hundred cars of black
cherries from Salem, counting-the
tonnage put up. at the canneries.
FLIER REACHES PEKING
PEKING, June 18. (By AsscH
elated Press.) Capta'in Georges
Pelletier Dolsy, veteran. French
long distance aviator, reached
Peking at 10 o'clock this morning
on his flight from Paris to Tokyo.
SUMMER COLDS
re lingering and annoying.
The vry first night apply
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Omr 17 Million Jmrm Uvd rWrfr
PORTLAND. June 17. (BvA
P.) G. F. Allison, conductor on
the Oregon Electric railroad, was
killed near . Hillsboro this after
noon when, a car of the 'train ran
over him. It was said that while
cars of a tralnload of logs were
being switched, one of the cars
broke loose from the train and
sirucK nira. wr. Allison was a
resident of Portland and had been
in railroad service for more than
10 years. Before going to the
Oregon Electric he was for seve-
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