The Oregon statesman., October 21, 1926, Page 1, Image 1

SALEM, OREGON, THURSDAY MORNING,, OCTOBER 21,1926 :
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ENTY-SIXTH YEAR
WRECKS HAVANA
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Wire Connections With Mi
ami Fail as Hurricane
Makes5 Advance
POLICE PATROL STREETS
Monument to Battleship Maine
Cbmplefeljr DiWroyed Wind '
Leaves Only Guns From
Famous On ft
ATLANTA, Cla i Oct. 20 (AP)
All wire connection with Miami,
toward which the West Indian
hurricane wan reported heading,
was lost late tonight. One report
said the wind at that time in
Miami was blowing Omiles an
hoar. "' -: ' h , "if
The first loss of life from the
storm in Miami came when H.
Katlow of San Francisco, was
killed when a sign fell on him in
Flagler street. Identification cards
were found on the body.4
HAVANA. Oct. 20. MAP). j
Thirty -persons were killed and
300 injured in the city Of Havana
by the hurricane that: swept orer
the city this morning,' It was offi
cially announced, tonight.
All the lower parts of the city
were inundated causing thousands
of persons to need temporary eld
and shelter " f , ' .
Police and soldiers are patrol
ling the streets of the city tonight
to prevent possible attempts at
looting.
President Machado ( ordered all
pUl.Vjof business closed and in
structed the police and military to
shoot witbour warning any per
sons "discovered attempting to
zarryeut depredation.- -i
A house in the Calle Fernan
aina collapsed " during the storm,
killing five" persons, and wounding
Bight. ' Another; house on the
Malecon was Inundated and fell.
Thus far the. authorities have been
unable to explore the ruins.
Marity homes In the'suburbs are
reported to have been wrecked or
seriously damaged; j '"' r "''.; .
The5 monument to1 the battleship
i) Maine' is completely qown.
the base and the guns trom me
warshfo remain.
The8 municipal hospital reports
many ' patients injured, but no
deaths.
So great was the force of the
seas that the water in Sad Lazar o
street one block from the water
front, rose as high as the' second
story bf some of. the houses, and
tonight still was two feet deep.
The windows on all floors, of
the Havana Automobile company's
building, which virtually consti
tuted the walls- of the building,
were blown in, while the Ford
Motor brinch was badly damaged
by water.
The street cars were not run
ning in Havana tonight and there
wejre few street lights. Power for
t he newspapers was -promised
through a special line. -.-'
NEW REGENT APPOINTED
RAlLRoXivVlAS'REPIfES TtE-
SIGNED BOARD MEMBER
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SRATTLE. " Oct! 20. (AP).
J. I). Farrell, of Seattle, a rice
president of the Union Pacific
railway and president of the Seat
t le Lighting company, announced
tonight that he had accepted a
regency' of the' University' of
Washington, offered him today by
Covernor Roland H. Hartley. He
replaces John i TV Hef fer.nan of
Seattle, 'who resigned as a regent
with Mr.v Rnth Karr McKee of
Long view after "v majority of the
hoard suspended Dr. Henry Sut
zallo as president of the school
October 4. I
E GROWERS TO MEET
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HbhfiirWEST GROWERS 1 CON
FER IX ttLYMPlA SATURDAY
Applegrowers, of . Oregon and
Washington "will hold a conference
at Oiympla, October 23. for the
purpose of seeking a lower freight
rate on apples chipped to ; the
eastern marketsr The conference
will be held under the direction
of the department of public works
of thestate of Washington and
the public 'service CoramLssiOn of
Oregon.
The' application for ' lower Vates
will be filed with the interstate
commerce commission ' c .-
Beekefepe
Will Convene in Dallas
Nationally-Known Men to Address Meeting, Polk -County
.. Association Only One to Have Exhibit at
State Fair
H. M.f Mead, president of the Folk-county bee association,
was in this city yesterday to work up interest here for. the
meeting of the state beekeepers association to be in Dallas
December 2, 3, and 4. Many nationally known bee men; will
be there for the meeting and are scheduted: on the program,
of which Professor H. A. Sculleh of OAC has charge.
"The Polk county bee association, Which has about 40
members, was the only county association in the state to have
a bee and honey exhibit at the 'state faif i according t6 Mr.
--t .Mead. "It will 5 also be one of
MAN BREAKS INTO GAS
WORKS AND IS CAPTURED
OFFICER JAMES mATES AR
REST AFTER STRUGGLE
Considerable Loot Found on Thief
When , Taken to Local
Police Station
After kreaking into the gas
works at the foot of Chemeketa
street last night and doing as
much damage as he eouldi Ed
Whird reposes in the city jail, hav
ing been captured on Ferry street
by Officer Emery James.
The police station received a
call from employees at the gas
works, saying that some man had
broken in, so Officer James went
out in pursuit. When he en
countered Whird in what is al
leged to be a half-drunken con
dition, Whird tried to pull out a
snort knife he had stuck 'in his
belt, but James beat him to it and
overpowered him before he could
get the' knife out.
? Investigation showed that
Whird had T broken the glass ni
the office door to get in, although
the door was unlocked. He had
cut the telephone wire, and pro
ceeded to wreck the glass on the
office desks, besides destroying
considerable glassware in a chemi
cal laboratory.
The loot Whird is alleged to
have made 'away with consisted of
two coats-, several -stamps, a
camera in a case, 44 pennies,' 35
cents in nickels, the knife, a cap,
a check for 14. besides a few
other things.
All this booty was found on his
person when captured, according
to local police officers.
FOREIGN 'PESTS FAVORED
HOOVER APPROVES OF EURO
PEAN SETTLEMENTS
LOUISVILLB.fKy.,' Oct.
20.
(AP) The republican party has
followed "a just and moderate
course" in tne settlement oi
foreign debts and "has undertak
en the restoration of the princi
pies of protection against lower
standards of .living and competi
tion from abroad," Secretary of
Commerce Hoover said in a cam
paign address here tonight.
Secretary Hoover reviewed the
progress that has been made in
this country since 'the world -war
and declared that "th great mass
of people would not have made
progress nor would they continue
to make progress in an atmos
phere poisoned by an unwise or
shifting governmental policies."
With the government "assailed
by some individuals on the ground
that our debt settlements have
been' too generous and assailed by
some individuals as a shylock. on
the 'ground that we have refused
to cancel the debts," It may be gen
erally believed that between these
two extremes we have followed a
Just' and moderate course," he
added.
WAVY PLANS RADIO DAY
MERCHANT MARINE 'AND T&
FEXSE SPEAKERS' TOPIC
WASHINGTON. Oct. 20 AP)
A radio program for .Nary Day,
October '27, VEIanketlng the eh
tire' Country" from Portland
Mafne to San Diego- and 'from
Seattle to Miami. Florida, was an
nounced today by Walter Bruce
Lowe, chairman of the Navy
League observance, committee.
Tne mahi ' program will go out
from Washington through. 25 sta
tions reaching s far west as St
Louis and Minneapolis.' '
The ' relationship between the
merchant marine and national de
fense consideration will" be' the
topic to which all of the addresses
for Nary Day will be set.
JURY HOLDS PATE
CLEVELAND, Oct. 20. (AP)
A Jury in common pleas" conrt
tomorrow ' will deliberate' the fate
of Ermil 'fFrenchy'! Balanescu,
youthful ;- drag clerk accused of
poisoning his sweetheart, 'Dorothy
Elizabeth Kirk, by administering
various poisons to her,',
rs' Association ; "
This Year
hare' a similar display at the ; In
ternational Lirestock Exposition
in Portland this fall:
"In checking up the beea In
Polk county recently, Mr. Mead
continued, "we found in some sec
tions that there were almost no
clean bees; that they had a bee
disease which spoils the honey. We
found excellent cooperation' front
the beekeepers, however? who in
some cases destroyed 80 or 90 per
cent of their : bees that had 'the
disease. , i , .
"In othef locaUtlesv however.
where the bees had 1 been well
cared lor, there was practically no
disease. ",. . t
"The bee' organization isgrow-
ng stronger. The" beekeepers
have saved about 30 per cent on
purchasing supplies, and I think
that the number of beea in the
county will be doubled next year.
"The honey crop In Oregon this
year was as a whole rather light.
The price was also down slightly,
as California 'growers shipped in
large quantities of -cheap grade
honey with which they lowered
the price."
Paul Spillman, Polk county
agricultural agent, has been ac
tive .in carrying on investigations
recently to sliow that the bee
proves to be ! a material help in
pdllenizatlon of fruits, especially
cherries, it Jis said. His investi
gations are expected to give a big
impetus to the bee raising indus
try in this district.
BARBERS AFTER PIERCE
WANT LOBBYING MONEY FOR
NEXT LEGISLATURE
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It waa reported here yesterday
that local , barbers will demand
that Governor Pierce comply with
a statement alleged to have been
made by "him sometime ago that
he Would support an appropriation
of $1000 of state funds to be used
in lobbying; for a bill to be intro
duced at the next session of the
legislature looking to higher
standards of training for licensed
barbers
It was said that the money, if
appropriated, would be taken from
the funds of the state board of
barber examiners.
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DEATH TAKES
'EUGENE BIAS
Nervous Breakdown Causes
; Retiremeruj to Sanitarium
Month Ago
PASSING ICOMES QUIETLY
Aged Radical Reader Lapsed Into
Coma Saturday and Kailed to
Rally in Spite of Pliysi
cians' Efforts
CHICAGO. Oct. 20. (AP).
Eugene V. Deira, the outstanding
apostle of socialism in the United
States, died in a suburban sani
tarium tonight; at 7:44 o'clock.
Mr. Debs would have been 71
years old had he lived until next
November 5.
' He suffered a nervous break
down a month) ago and retired to
the sanitarium! in which he died.
Because of his advanced years
and heart disease, which had per
sisted virtually throughout his
life, he offered but Slight physical
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ABANDONED FARM HIDING
PLAfJE OF BANK FUGITIVE
KNAPP SUBMITS TO ARREST
WITHOUT RESISTANCE ,
Thorough Search of Premises Fail
to RPTeal Alleged Swindled ;
Trust Funds
PITTSBURGH, Oct. 50. (AP)
Charles E. Knapp, sought since
last Friday inj connection 'with the
alleged defraiidfnsf :of 'officers of
the Brotherhobd Savings and Trust
company out i?t $320,000, was ar
rested tonight near Connellsville,
Pa., Pittsburgh detectives report
ed. He was siaid to have had only
$800 in hfs possession. ;
With Knapp was his wife, and
they were found in an old, aban
doned farm house, near which it
was said thaiir automobile had
broken downl Knapp, the de
tectives telephoned to headquar
ters here, refused to talk until he
had seen his attorney in Pittsburg.
The couple Was started back to
Pittsburgh immediately.
C. H. Price,! a farmer of Fayette
county, notified police today that
he had seen a man' and women
leave an automobile on Tuesday
evening and Walk two miles cross
(CoatiaMd cat ps 4.)
FOOLING OURSELKrES .
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CANNING SEASON ABOUT ...
COMPLETED IN f SALEM
COMPANIES SOON TO PREPARE
FOR NEXT SEASON
Pmiipkins Wilt Last Oiily a Few
Days, and Apples a Week
or Two More:
The canning season for Salem
is about over. Beginning away
last 'spring ori gooseberries, Tt will
end 4n a week or two; more' on
apples.
The big Hunt cannery is still
running f nil handed on apples,
but two weeks more will end the
season-, or nearly 'erid it.
The Oregon Packing company,
at its Thirteenth"street plant. Is
still going'on pumpkins, but they
will last for only a couple of days
more. Then" both plants of that
company will be idle till goose
berries come again in the spring;
"There is always something do
ing, however,' at all the "canrieries.
The goods must be shipped" out
to the markets, and preparations
must be made in man ways for
the next year's run -in Salem
each year constantly larger than
the last, with much to do in mak
ing preparations for the increas
ing business.
Young & Wells are still shlp
ping apples. They have sent out
20 cars from Salem, and 70 in all
from the valley. They expect the
number to go to 100 cars.
The apple market is not good
in the eastern cities, but it will
likely be better within 30 days,
owing to the losses in the eastern
Oregon and Washington districts
from wind and frost. It is esti
mated that 10,000 cars of apples
were lost in those districts from"
High wind and several frosts. -'
BEAN WAS NOMINATED
EUGENE MAN TO RUN FOR
PUBLIC SERVICE BODY v
Acceptance by Louis E. Bean
Of Eugene of the republican nom
ination for public service commis
sioner at the November election
to 'succeed Thomas K. Campbell,
Who retired from the contest, will
make it necessary -for the Larie
county republican central com
mittee and nominate a candidate
for state senator to succeed Mr.
Bean.
Mr. Bean was nominated for
state senator for Lane county at
the republican primary election,
and has been active in his cam
paign for the office.
GIRL KILLED IN CRASH
AUTOMOBILE AND WAGON IN
COLLISION NEAR EUGENE
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EUGENE, Oct. 20. (AP).
Mildred Smith, 16, of Franklin,
Lane county, was killed tonight
when an automobile in which she
was riding collided with a wagon.
Two other occupants of the aato
mobile and one in the wagon Were
injured.
GALBARRAGE
HITS EVIDENCE
Evangelist's Witnesses Be
ing Paid $1 0 a t)ay Rally
for Defense
EXPERT'S STORY FAILS
Mexican Through, Interpreter Re
t late Aimee's Collapse on
Doorstep After Alleged
Hike Across Desert
LOS ANGELES, Cal., Oct. 20.
(AP) A social note crept into the
preliminary . hearing of Aimee
Semple' McPherson on criminal
conspiracy charges today as de
fense witnesses told of an ice
cream and cake party last night at
which, with the wealthy evange
list as hostess, they discussed the
ease with her attorneys.
The cross examination by the
prosecution indicated that of the
first three witnesses to testify in
support of the evangelist's story
of kidnapping and flight into
Douglas, Arizona, last June, at
tempts .Will be made to impeach
the testimony of all three.
The first indication came when
C. S. Cross of Douglas, who yes
terday offered corroborative testi
mony for Mrs. McPherson of foot
prints in the sands and told of her
exhausted condition on reaching
the American border, was recalled
to the stand. He was asked if, in
the presence of two newspaper
men and others at the time of
Mrs. McPherson's reappearance he
didn t say "that woman Is a
darned good liar."
He denied this ajid also that he
had said It was impossible for
anyone to travel over the route
she said she did without water.
Asked if he did niot tell the same
persons that there was uo'cabin
such as described by the evange
list, he said he had spoken of the
cabin "but not like' that."
Cross and O. E. Patterson,
Douglas policeman, both - said that
they expected to be paid $10 per
day, with expenses added! , for
coming here to testify for the de
fense. It was Patterson who told of
the ice cream and cake. He de
scribed a party held at Angelus
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HAWLEY IN C00S COUNTY
PUBLIC IMPROVEMENT WORK
IN SOUTH TO BE STUDIED
Representative W. C. Hawley
left Tuesday evening for points in
Coos county and western Douglas
county to give attention to pnblic
matters relative to rivers and liar-
bors and public improvements in
that vicinity, and expects to re
turn to Salem by Monday.
5 He lias just been advised by the
clerk of . the committee' of ways
and means of the house of repre
sentatives that the committee will
take up business on November 15,
and the1 first proposed legislation
coming before the committee re
lating to the return of alien prop
erty and the . payment of the
awards 'of the mixed claims com
mission upon which several bills
are pending before the committee.
This will necessitate his leaving
Salem about November 8.
STAGE TROUBLE AIRED
SILVERTON CASE HEARD BY
PUBLIC SERVICE GROUP
The nubile service commission
yesterday held a hearing In con
nection with the complaint filed
by the Sllverton-Portland - Stage
line, Oregon. Stages and Parker
stages against the Silverton Tran
ait com Dan v.
It was charged that the Silver
ton Transit company had violated
Its operating schedule," and that
the time of departure of its stages
conflicted" with the schedule of
thfl Oreaon Stages. i ' -
An order in the case will , be
forthcoming" within the next few
days,, members of the commission
said. ' "
PRISON REFORMER DIES
kx-WARDEN OF SING ". STXG
DROPS DEAD ON STREET
AUBURN, i N. Y..V Oct. 20.
fAPlf Thomas ,MoU Osborne,
noted prison refornf adtocate 'and
former warden. of Sing Sing pris
on, dropped dead v on the. street
here tonight.
Bear Conies' to Town
KLAMATH FALlA RESHiENT
! SURPRISES BRUIN
KLAMATH FALLS. Oct. 20.
t-(AP). A. L. Harrison of
Klamatn Fails, arising early
rday, was astounded to meet
black bear ' in a residential
district of the city. Harrison
was' in his automobile and
phased the animal over pared
streets for several blocks. Then
he animal swung off td one
side.
Apparently the bear, under
over of night and in search' of
ood and water, had wandered
to the city, not realizing his
recarlous condition ' until the
iibrning came.
CROWDS ROAR WELCOME
TD RUMANIAN ROYALTY
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SCHOOLS DISMISS SO PUPDLS
CAN SEE QUEEN
Princess 1 and Prlnc " Thoroughly
Enjoy "Motor Trip to City
of Baltimore
BALTIMORE Mdw Oct 20.-
( AP) Bleak skies , formed back
ground f orthe blue, gold and red
of Rumania today, but Queen
Marie received from Baltimore the
most tumultous welcome accorded
her since she landed in America
from the Leviathan Monday.
Rain, which started to fall be
fore the royal party left Wash
ington by automobile this morn
ing, signally failed either to mar
the queen's apparent enjoyment
of the trip or to' dampen the en
thusiasm of hundreds . of thou
sands of well wishers who gath
ered in the mud of country road'
sides and on the wet asphalt of
city streets. With the right of
way over roadsmade slippery by
the downpour, the - official - cars
whisked Queen Marie, Princess
Ileana and Prince Nicholas to An
napolis and on to Baltimore with
out mishap.
In the country districts, groups
gathered from nowhere to smile
and nod and wave, and nearly
every farm-house window framed
a fluttering1 handkerchief. Schools
along the' route 1 were ; dismissed
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MILK TRUCK KILLS MAN
PORTLAND HAS 82 AUTO FA
TALITIES DURING YEAR '
PORTLAND. Oct. 20. AP).
-ThroVn to the pavement by the
impact when a heavy milk truck
crashed into his machine, Sidney
Duncan, 43, was injured fatally
today. He died of a fractured
skull a short time after being
taken' to a hospital.
A charge of involuntary man
slaughter has been placed against
James Lyon; 20. of Hillside, driv
er of th truck. Lyons declares
the sun was shining brightly
through the windshield of his
machine so that he did not see
the other car enter the street
intersection. " The Duncan ma
chine, according to police, had the
right of way, ,
Duncan's death waa the 32nd
fatality from traffic accidents in
Portland since the first of the
year. .. - ; -
CASE MYST! FlfeS POLICE
FORMAL AUTOPSY Td BF.SiELD
IN PORTLAND TODAY
PORTLAND, Oct. 20 (AP.)
Whether Mrs. Beata 5 Withers, 32.
whose body was found crammed
in a trunk In the attic of her
house, committed suicide or was
murdered has not yet been de
termined by Portland police. The
woman's body "was discovered hy
her 15 year old son, Charles, to
day, after a search- had been made
f or: her. Mrs. Withers was last
seen i about "one o'clock Tuesday.
Her husband, Charles Withers,
resides In-Seattle." v - .
A formal autopsy to determine
whether, the woman took poison,
and to find out - whether or not
life was . extinct when the body
was placed in the trunk, will be
held tomorrow morning. ,
RAILROAD RAISES WAGES
MAY. ' BB FORERUNNER OF
OTHER ADVANCES' IN" PAY
. PHILADELPHIA, Oct. 20,
The Pennsylvania - Railroad - com
nany today announced an increase
of three cents an hour in the rate
of wages': to be paid to all classes
iitnn frattm VamninvM - Th in
crease, agreed on yesterday. Is re
troactive to October 16V Appro
imately 43,000 men are affected.
The employes Include helpers and
apprentices. ... s ,
:. Whether the ware Increase 'for
the shopmen is a forerunner for
increases for other classes of em
ployes could sot be learned. -
SECRET EELLii
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Sheriff ami Posse " Enter?
: Barh-f and Discover, Bahwv
'dlfs on "Clue From Texas; -
BANK iTobi' BtCfOVERfeD
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One Robber Had Beeti Employed
Near Crescent City a Logger, -Other
Two 'Unknown td J
' California: Officials ' Jj S
EUREKA. Oct, 20. CAP). i
Three men were arrested late today-
for i. the robbery ot' the ; Del
Nbrte County bank at Crescent
City Friday aoon4 -All of the loot
f 1 4,44 8, waa recovered. '.,.
The nren'TgrvInB' tlrelr names
as Jack Reman, William Ryan
and Grant : Coletaairr were tcus.it
hiding in a secret cellar beneath
a barn on a ranch 10 miles east
of Crescent City.
The clue to the feecret hiding
place was ... telephoned - Monday
night to Sheriff Arthur. Ross of.
Eureka : from . Sheriff Smith ot
Fort Worth, Texas. ' Sheriff Smith
in his telephone message stated ha
would disclose . the means by
which he received, his normatloni
in a letter, ' ' : ,
. Yesterday the 1 Norte county;
posse under Sheriff Ed Breen
surrounded the barn.. This after-
noon a sortie was made, the barn!
entered and the trap door leadingj
to the underground chamber wa.
found,; ThJaiidlt$ were . comi
manded to surrendeVj Thev did
not answer. The chamber below;
was totally dark. Sheriff Breeni
lowered himself through the tran
door into" the darkness. He turned
on his flashlight and Its glare dis
closed the three men standing at
one f elde f of the chamber. They;
were heavily armed but there wast
no gun play. - Sheriff Breen said
that he waa pn the verge of shoot
ing down one of the men wha(
made a move as it intending toi
shoot his way out. The currency
was found bundled in sacks.
Search of the chamber disclosed;
a still and some corn mash.
Reman, one of the bandits, nag
been employed in woods camps
near Crescent City for six months
The other two are strangers.
The bandits held up the Del
Norte County bank last Friday;
noon, .forced four men and two
women" intd ; the bank vault and
made 'their escape in a large blue
sedan. The car was pushed from
the 'highway six miles south of
Crescent City and only a rock 200;
feet below the road kept it from;
plunging beneath the ocean waves
and concealing the escape of the.
bandits. From the site where the,
car was found the bandits were
trailed through brush and timber-
land tor several miies wnere i.ua
trail was lost. . .
' The prisoners were taken to thei
Del Norte county jail at Creacent
City.
McNARY WILL RETURN
SENATOR - TO INVEST IGATIJ
CAMPAIGN FUND MONEY
; ROSEBURG, Ore., Oct. 20.
fAPl "It the charge of unwar
ranted campaign expenditures on
the part of A. Scott BuUUt, dem
ocratic senatorial candidate in
Washington, is substantial and la
Buch that an immediate investiga
tion is necessary, I will cancel all
speaking dates except the one In
Reno, Nev., on Friday and return
at once to Seattle to conduct the
inquiry," Senator McNary de
clared here today as his train
stopped for a few minutes on his
way to San Francisco.
. "I do not know how sincere of
substantial the charges may . be.
If there , has been ; a misuse of
funds or. an attempt to influence
an election - by- extravagance the
matter should certainly be investi
gated at once.
AUTO AND TRAIN COLLIDE
PORTLAND MAN SEVERELY
v BRUISED IN ACCIDENT
T PENDLETON. Oct. 13. (AP)
Leroy M. Green of Portland suf
fered six broken ribs and cuts en
the neck, hands and lace when
his car. collided with a. moving
trelht strain at a crossing ia th
west, ex.4 of this city. He Is re
ported recovering today at a lorr.l
hosplUl. . His car was badly
wrecked. .
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