Eisht Vwtor-Artists Remain O Greatest. Is On there For Five 'Days
i'atem h to Have M Polit FolcMEqiupt in Keeping the City Safe and Orderly
Weather forecast: Fair in east, cloudy
probably with light local rains In west por
tion; mild temperature; moderate south
erly winds on the coast. Maximum tem
perature yesterday St, minimum J 5," liter
1.5, rainfall .02. atmosphere cloudy, wind
southeast.
We may as well be prepared to under- ;
stand that the noise you will hear over the 1
radio when the politicians, take the . air -will
not be' a lack of party harmony; but
static Atlanta Constitution,
SEVENJY-SEVENTH YEAR;
SALEM, OREGON, TUESDAY MORNING, FEBRUARY 21, 192S
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BT FINIS
SIXTH SESSION
Delegates Express Satisfac
tion At Results of Hav-
ana Conference
MUCH WORK COMPLETED
Many Misunderstandings Believed
Swept Away by Use of Shirt
Sleeves Diplomacy On
Every Occasion
HAVANA, Feb. 20. (AP).
The sixth international conference
of American states, known also as
the Pan-American congress, ad
journed today and Is sending to the
governments of 21 republics of
the new world a heavy batch of
resolutions and conventions foe
rauncaiions.
rne aeiegaiea eiprrao oouoii,-
HUH V 1111 LUC ICflUllO V
bors in Havana. They, point out
that In this meet dramatic Pan
American conference ever held,
the policies and opinions of all the
countries were stated so candidly
and forcefully that even If the dif
ferences among the nations were
marked more clearly than the
points of contact, still many illu-
.' sions and misunderstandings
which are bo harmful to the ma
terialization of Pan-Americanism,
were swept away.
Minutes Signed
The text of the final proceed
ings of the conference, including
all motions, agreements, resolu
tions and conventions concluded
here, was signed this morning by
all the delegations. -
The ceremony was very' simple,
all the farewell exercises and
speeches having been reserved for
the afternoon session, where Dr.
Srstamente, presidents the con
ference, in the name of the Cuban
,-, government, bade Godspeed to the
delegates.
'i Upon Jacobo Varella of Uru-
ok -
tuav fell the honor or. replying 10
Dr. Bustamente, in the name of
the foreign governments as tne
representative of the country
where the next Pan-American con
ference will be held. The chief
'function of Paa-Americanism, he
eaid, was "to reconcile the mag
nificent civilization which is flour
ishing under the stars and stripes,
and the other civilisations so
character ietlc of 20 republics
which perpetuate Hispanic tradi
tions." Unity Keynote of Speech
"To say that everything Joins
United States and Latin America
and nothing separates them," said
Senor Varella, "would only create
deep misunderstandings' or danger
ous prejudices. The Americas
have much in common, especially
In democratic principles and com
mercial and financial Intercourse
and traditional policy regards the
rest of the world, which one re
public enunciated and many laud
ed, but Important Interests and
formalities held back perfect har-
Continued on pxe 7.)
PERALTA PROBE
ENDS AT FRISCO
FIVE PERSON'S STILL MISSING
IX BAY TRAGEDY ;
Verdict In Inquiry To Be Made
Within Few Days; Move
Blade for Bridge
r SAN FRANCISCO, Feb., 20.
1(AP) A federal inquiry to fix
responsibility for the "nose dive
of the ferry Peralta while that
craft was bound from San Fran
Cisco to Oakland last Friday night
was concluded here today. : De
clsion of the United States Steam
boat Inspectors Frank H. Turner
andiJoseph Dolan will be made in
a, fw days. -:. '--l
No trace of five persons report
ed misslnc after approximately SO
were swept overboard in the acci
dent' was found today; The Key
BniMt Mmnur. owners of the
Peralta issued a formal statement
aHiflriit . Aiimlttinr for . the ' first
.time that at least on person was
drowned ' He was J. Collins,
an employ of tha Pacific - Tele-
phone and Telegraph company re-
sWlng in Oakland. '-- - V
The San Francisco board! of
. supervisors took occasion 'today
IN
I & to point out to congress the dang
K; i' era of ferry travel and to urge
yl ? that body not to "perpetuate ln-
II.; definitely the menace to human
; life," that ; now attends eommut
' ing. . Tha purposa of the resolu-
ticn was to aid tho effort now
being put forward to obtain, a per
rait for a bridge between San
, rranclsco and ' oaklamd. ;" i "5
OFFICE BUILDING
v FIGHT TO START
WRIT OP ERROR FILED IN SV
2. PRKMK COURT THIS WEEK
Efforts to Effect Peace With Op
posing Faction Meet With ' &
Faflnre, Indication ; " ; 3
PORTLAND. Feb. 20 -i- (AP)
A writ of .error will be filed with
the state supreme court Wednes
day or, Thursday and steps will be
taken at once in the preparation
of an appeal to the United States
supreme court against the oolnlon
handed down recently by the Ore
gon Justices upholding the Pro
posal to construct a new state of
fice building in Salem with funds
loaned by the state accident com
mission.
That such a step will be taken
was announced today by James G.
Wilson. Portland attorney, who is
acting for those opposed to the
construction, of the proposed
building with accident commission
funds.
,Th.oma,B. Kay, state treasurer,
and W. J: Fitzgerald, Portland
and Sam . Laughlin, Salem, mem
bers of the accident commission,
conferred with Wilson here today.
fafter meeting with Frank H. Ran
dom, first vice president and trea
surer of the Eastern and Western
Lumber company.
The Eastern and Western Lum
ber company," Oregon American
Lumber company, and Silver Falls
Lumber company, as contributors
o the accident commission fund,
with Peder Pederson asa benefi
ciary of the fund, are opposing the
opinion of the state supreme
court.
. Opponents of the plan to loan
money from the accident fund: to
the building purpose, hold that the
fund does not belong to the state
bnt is held in trust for a certain
group of Individuals -namely the
employers and employes who con
tribute to it and who would be
oeneiicianes from It in case of
death or disability.
AID GOLD STAR MOTHERS
Bill Passes House to Allow Wom
en to Visit Grave
. J.k.V-
WASHINGTONFek 10 (AP)
Without protest or debate, the
house today approved a bill to, en
able mothers and .widows of war
veterans buried in Europe to' make
a pilgrimage to American cemeter
ies overseas at government "ex
pense. The widows would be re
stricted to those who have not
remarried. , '
The bill which now goes to the
senate will empower the president.
In cooperatlon'with 'the American
Red Cross to arrange for the pil
grimage "at any time during the
period of three years from July 1.
1 28." . -
The mothers and widows would
be taken to Europe In groups.
Each group would remain abroad
approximately two weeks and In
no case -longer than three weeks
unless return transportation were
unavailable. First y class accom
modations would be provided
either on government owned or
chartered ships. Passports would
be arranged for by the state de
partment and immigration laws
would be. suspended in the case
of aliens. V -V J , ; ;
BOYS RETAIN MAJORITY
Leads Fir to Four When Poll
Taken of Record Baby .Crop .
Boys are in a majority at one
place in Salem, -at least. But dis
cerning persona haven't noticed
the boys to have played up - to
their predominance. .
There's a reason: $be Salem
General hospital is the place, and
In the nursery four little girls do
their best to v let " five little boys
know they -haven't anything,' ex
eent number, over them.
The present nine babies are tne
largest single enrollment ever in
the hospital's infants' room.
Mothers of the baby boy are:
Mrs. C. A- VanCleave. .MrsL
D. Mix. Mr.-Fred Blake, Mrs. E.
O. Welling; and Mrs. Richard Har
rison. ; Mothers at the hosplUl
who have infant daughters are:
Mrs. D. C.Stewier: Mrs. Arthur
Stawall Mrs. W. E. Richardson,
and Mrs. J. J. Wflkins.
LEAGUE ADDS TWO CLUBS
Cottaa-e Grave aad WesMUias; a
mlttedt Owe Flse vacans -
i ALBANY. Dr.. Feb. 20. (Spec
ial.) The Willamette VeRey base-j
ball learue added two ciuns, coi-
tage Grove and Wendling. to Its
roster at tonight's meeting nere.
Salem. Albany and Eugene were
iridvv member' club. " That
leaves on place to be fUled. Bendj
and McMlnnvttla are the : appli
cant now being considered most
favorably, but other- applications
trill be accepted vp to tha date of 1
Lthefnext meetlngTMMch f-.Thto
meeting will bo neia in Eugene.
k The-leagu season will open
April It. it wa rpted by th club
MnresenUtlre present.
preaidant Gscrr ' ir WUhelm
took offlco at tha meeting here
tonight.
FOB POLICIES
Appeals To Bourbons To
Oust Republicans and
Make Him President
RESURRECTS OLD ISSUES
Candidate Delves Back Into Hard
, lag Administration ; Flays
Harry 31. Daugberty and
Numerous Others
DALLAS, Tex., Feb. 20 (AP)
Indicting the republican party
for a gross mismanagement of the
government during the past seven
years. Senator Reed of Missouri
appealed here tonight for a return
to the fundamental principles up
on which the republic was found
ed. .
Speaking at a meeting of the
democratic leaders of Texas, the
Missourian outlined the platform
upon which ; he seeks, the demo
cratic presidential nomination, al
though even in this prepared ad
dreas he did not formally announce
his candidacy. It was the first of
a series of speeches which is to
take him to the Pacific coast.
"I appeal for a return of hon
esty lit government and for the
re-establishment of the old demo
cratic doctrine," he said.
"I speak of inalienability of the
citizen to liberty of conscience
without coercion, . criticism or
obloquy.
"To the - preservation of the
right of freedom of the press.
peaceable -assemblage, trial ny
Jury and the re-establishment of
local self government and the sov
ereignty of the states. ?
' State Jtlghts Hinted i.
" Fbr rragmg-'th federal
power within the limits not only
of the letter but the spirit or tne
constitution.
"For the . abolition of govern-
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GIRL'S LOVER 0M TRIAL
Young DUnois Farmer. Accused of
j. Trying To K1U tier
OTTAWA, 111.. Feb. 20- ( AP )
With his formed sweetheart, her
face marred by tell tale scars, sit
ing only a few feet away, Hiram
Reed went o ntrlal today on a
harge of bombing the Pleasant
Valley school house. , r;
The girl passed the bushy-haired
roung farmer in the hall as she
Jmidly pushed her way into the
rrowded courtroom to take a seat
llone. She had been accompanied
by a sister, but the crush of trial
tans separated the pair.
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LINDBERGH BACK
ON OLD AIR LINE
RETURNS TO FORMER JOB FOR
PERIOD OF TWO DATS
Purpose ' Is to Advertise - and
Dramatize Service in Which
He Received- Training
- ST. LOUIS, -Feb. J0(AP)
Lindbergh flew th air mail again
today.
Fresh from the most brilliant
flying contests in aeronautical
history. Colonel Charles A. Lind
bergh went back, for two days, to
his old Job as mail pilot on the
St. Louis-Chicago route, for the
purpose , of advertising and dra
matizing the air mall service.
Approximately 100,000 pieces
of mall were dispatched here on
the Lindbergh flight. This shat
tered all records. The volume was
so great that five planes were re
quired to carry it. A sixth mall
plane carried movie .men.
Lindbergh went aloft In two
of the planes and flew around
Lambert - St. Louis field before
he took 6ft at' 4:25 p. m., 1a a
new -Traeelalr plane.; He planned
to change planes : at - Springfield
and Peoria, the two regular stops,
so that all the mailjrould be per
sonally flown by him. ..'
- A crowd estimated between
1500 and 2.000. was at the field
to witness th take-off.
The first plane to leave was
piloted by Thomas P. Nelson, a
Chicago Cleveland route flier.
He left at 4:08 p. m. Phil Love,
an old air mall buddy of Lind
bergh, hopped off at 4:18 p. in
Then Lindbergh took the air sim
ultaneously with "Bud" Gurney.
one .of the regular pilots. The
fifth plane, piloted by E. Slonlger,
left at 4.43 p. m.. and the sixth,
piloted by Leslie Smith at 4:44
P. m. ;
Lindbergh took as his passenger
Frank H. Robertson, president of
tne Robertson Aircraft corpora
tion, holder of the air mail con
tract Love took Harry H. Per
kins, secretary-treasurer of the
company. Lindbergh and co-pilots
will make the return flight from
Chicago tomorrow.
The official - count' . of pieces
mailed here was 99.800. They
weighed about .1950 . poundt. The
envelopes carried a special ean-4
cellatlon stamp, a horseshoe with
the words "Lindbergh again fl'
the air mall." Most of the enve
lopes will be treasured by their
recipients as souvenirs of the re
turn of the great flier to his old
service, which he left a year ago
to prepare for his trans-Atlantic
fUght.
FAILS IN LOVE; SUICIDE
Jilted Lover Tries to Kill Self;
Lands in City
NEW YORK, Feb. 20 (AP)
Joseph Teppa of Brooklyn;, -was
"thrown down" b ya girl so hs
decided to end It alL. Ha Jumped
in front of a subway' train ut(wae
rescued. He tried. lt tsiice more
and : twice more ;;-:was ' rescp-J.
After the third tint Teppa w.as
arrested and given' a'week In Jail
where they don't hare any subway
trains.
THE HORRIBLE EXAMPLE
, V WMA I '..Ak S ":y
STATE AD CLUBS
WHJL MEET HERE
850 MEN EXPECTED TO BE ON
HAND AT BANQUET -
Robert M. Mownt ' of Portland
: 'Scfaednkd to Qlre Blaln Ad
- dress st MaHoa Hotel
L Despite heavy damage,, from
flame, water, and the' necessity
of breaking through parts of the
walls. In the early Sunday morn
lng fire, the delegations of ad-men
from, various Oregon Advertising
clubs will assemble in the main
room of the Marion hotel, as orig
inally planned.
Nearly 250 advertising men are
expected to assemble for the ban
quet at 8:30 o'clock tomorrow
night, as guests of the Salem Ad
dub. The "Sharpshootlng of
Business Sharpers" will be the
topic to be discussed by Robert
M. Mount of Portland in the
principal address of the even
lng. Mr. Mount is manager of
the Portland better business bu
reau. - Hal Hoss, recently .re
signed as private secretary to Gov
ernor Patterson, will act as toast
master at the banquet.
G. A. Rebentlsch, president of
the Portland admen, is on the
program for a speech on "Value
of an Advertising Club to a Com
munity." Tommy Luke, also of
Portland, will have charge of the
singing. The program will be
rounded out with a stunt con
tributed by each club. The local
group will sponsor the appearance
of the Willamette University
men's glee" club. A quicsTchange
number by Miss Lollta Robinson
has been arranged and will show
the alert ad writers how appear
ances may be changed in a jiffy
The Matson Navigation company
of Seattle has sent three reels of
Hawaiian pictures that will he
shown. The pictures will have ar
added interest to the banqueters,
Inasmuch as the Pacific Coast Ad
club will hold its annual conven
tion In Honolulu in June. The
conclave Wednesday is the last
meeting planned previous to the
sea jaunt.
Members of the clubs in Cor
vallis, Albany, Portland, and En
gsn will be guests of tha local
greup.Siudeht -members of the
clubs on the University of Oregon
and the Agricultural college
canrpus will also be in attendance.
E, A. Brown and Bob Martin
have charge of arrangements for
this meeting.
ANOTHER RAID, CHICAGO
Bomb Plot Launched Against
Brother-in-law of Attorney
CHICAGO. Feb. 20. (AP
A bomb explosion wrecked the
hallway of an apartment building,
the home of Lawrence Cuneo,
brother-in-law of the Secretary of
State's Attorney Robert E. Crowe.
The police said they believed
Cuneo was the target of the bomb
which came on the heels of the
explosion Friday -which wrecked
the home of Judge John A. Bbar-
baro, another Chicago attorney
The explosion tor out the front
doorway. w J ,
Two Additional" Men and
Prowler Car Authorized
. By Council At Meet
WILL COVER WIDE AREA
Three Machines to be Used in
Night Patrol; Officers to Call
In Frequently; Unauthorized
Signs Rapped
The city , council last night ap
proved a resolution by the police
committee providing for the em
ployment of two additional men on
the police force and the purchase
of another police car, tne expense
of $3250 to be met by borrowing
from the street improvement fund.
Mayor Llresley personally urg
ed adoption of the resolution, con
tending that the crime situation in
Salem was greater than at any
time in history. He expressed the
opinion that the lawlessness was
not due to unemployment but
rather the gathering of a criminal
element here.
More Cars Planned
1 With the augmented force, the
"prowler" car system will be ex
tended. Three cars will be used for
the purpose, one each in residence
districts, north, east, and south.
This will relieve two foot patrol
men who will be assigned to short
er down town beats so that the
business section can be covered by
patrolmen once every 30 minutes.
It Is also planned' to have pa
trolmen telephone to headquar
ters every fifteen - minutes, the
calls so spaced that when neces
sary, several patrolmen can be
called In for emergency within a
tew minutes.
Shorthand cd Now
At the present time, the denart-
meat is running one man short of
the customary strength, so that the
lew increase will be only to the
axtent of one man and the "orowl-
iT" car.
The city recorder was instructed
to negotiate for purchase of an au
comoniie not to exceed In cost
M50.
Tne practice of niacin stun
iigns at streets not covered by the
ordinance was rapped by Alder
man Townsend, and the council
voted to have such unauthorized
action stopped. The signs which
are now up will not be removed,
nowever for fear that neonle now
relying upon them might meet
wun an accident.
DRAIN PLANS APPROVED
Fairgrounds and Highland Project
specifications Passed
Final plans and specifications
tor construction of storm drains
in tha Fairgrounds and Richland
projects were filed with the city
souncll last night and adopted on
motion of Alderman Orabenhorst.
It was also voted to pay the enri
neers for the work on these plans.
The area in these projects ex
tends from the river to Eighteenth
street in one direction and from
Hines to South street in the other.
comprising about 250 acres.
Engineer Percy A. Cupper esti
mated the cost at $63,000, some
$40,009 needed to be expended
within the near' future.
Cupper said that plans for flood
control on Mill and Pringle creeks
had been delayed while waitJnr
tor high water so that closer ob
servation could be made of the
needs in this field and make pos
sible more accurate plans. There
has been little high water this sea
son and none is in prospect, so
the clans will co ahead, anyway.
some time in the near future. Cup-
per said. -
TORRENTS FALL, SYDNEY
Flood Reach, Record Height In
New Sowth 'Wales, - Report
STDNET, Nw.. Feb. 10 -(AP)
Torrential rains which began yes
terday, saturating the watershed
with as much as five inches of
rainfall in some parts, have caused
damag stimated at about $2-
500,000 In .tb tow of Grafton
and' it, vicinity about 350 mHs
north of thi city. . .-.-v. -:v- ,
.Th z-. northern.' river li hav
become so choked with debris
that steamer have been held up
at their mouths. The islands in
the Clarence rlverVoa whleh Graf
ton la situated, bam beea nearly
submerged and their . highlands
are , crowded with dairy cattle
which cannot - bo rescued. " . The
deary rains also hare disorganised
traffic on the Queensland railway.
RANKIN PLEADS
FOR FIELD HERE
IMPROVEMENT OF LANDING
FACILITIES SAID NEEDED
Earle Sande Also Speaks Briefly
at Weekly LiMchcon of Salem
Chamber of Commerce
It was aviation day at the
chamber of commerce luncheon
yesterday, and Salem business
men heard Tex Rankin, noted
pilot from Portland, give a stir-l
ring rally cry for air transporta
tion support; and listened to
plans for Improvement of local
landing facilities presented by
Fred Erlxon, chairman of the
chamber committee on aviation,
add Brasier C. Small, chairman of
the American Legion committee.
The unusual program which in
cluded a brief speech by Earl
Sande, honored guest, attracted
one of the largest crowds ever to
assemble at the weekly luncheon.
Sande was given a tremendous
ovation.
"Flying through the air Is the
safest means of rapid transporta
tion," Rankin declared. "In my
ten years' experience, I hare
flown many hundreds of miles. I
have 'had no mishaps. On the
other hand, I hare had several ac
cidents and near accidents when
traveling by automobile. Most of
the plane accidents - one reads
about, are caused by inexper
ienced and Improperly schooled
pilots who have no business oper
ating them.
"People should look upon the
air as the mariner does on the sea
-as a heavy substance capable of
holding up the vessel."
Rankin declared that a pas
senger transportation !alr line be
tween Seattle and San Francisco
will be established within sixty
days, and the planes J would stop
In Salem - if there were suitable
landing conditions. The fair
grounds field is too small and
when the heat bumps begin to get
worse as summer approaches.
some aviator Is apt to get killed or
seriously hurt attempting to land
there. For temporary use. Ran
kin' declared, th land east of the
field should be secured to wide'
the field, and gravel, and, or cin
ders should be placed on the run
ways to eliminate the mud which
spatters planes while lauding, ne
cessitating a long and tedious Job
of "cleaning up" the plane.
In the meantime, Rankin sug
gested that the city bond itself tor
$50,000 or whatever is felt to be
needed and take steps to provide
i permanent field, with hangars,
a radio station, and upper air sta
tion, and other appurtenances. In
a little while, then, he said, air
men" would commence to flock to
the city, Vtles of planes to private
owners would speed up, and Sa
lem would be on the "air map."
F.- A. Erixon announced that
$550 has been subscribed to con
dition the fairgrounds field, and
Brazier Small told the chamber
that the American. a Legion war
perfecting plans for a permanent
class A field according to govern
ment sneclfications. An architect
Is working on the plans and the
necessary land should be pur
chased soon before land values in
crease further.
Yesterday afternoon, Tex Ran
kin and a number of chamber of
ficials went to the fairground
where the exact center of the field
was marked. A circle will be es
tablished there made of white
washed gravel to serve as a guide
for landing pilots.
Several plane pilots were guests
at the luncheon. J. E. Fitzgerald,
president of Pacific Airways, Inc.,
Introduced Rankin.
FAVOR TOURISf CABINS
Way and .Means Committee to
Consider Financing
The ways and means committee
was Instructed by the city council
last night to investigate possibili
ties of raising snfficent money to
build necessary cabins at the city
camp ground. - '"-V
A paper was being II circulated
among .business men ': yesterday
asking subscriptions of $200 each
tor th purposa, with th promise
that the money would b returned
to them plus S per cent when the
amount had. been .. paid ; out by
rentals; Aldarman Orabenhorst de
clared In; moving, tor council ac
tion. x.-i j, j-'- , '
.: 'Alderman Grabenhorst believed
that the city should ' put up this
mosey Instead of th citizens. -
PORTLAND SEES HOLDUP
Tbo and Dollar Taken ront Two
-k vrnitnre Dealer-
PORTLAND, Feb. zO.AP)
Abe and Eugene Cobs,' furniture
dealers, reported to police tonight
they had been meld up and rotted
of $1,000 tonight, by three armed
men in the. office of their store.
Before leaving one of th robbers
pulled . th telephone - connection
from the wait ; They esccjej in
an automobile - .
corracTS let
On fflO BRIDGE
E
Low Bidders, A. L. Lamb of
Salem and Albany Firm
Get Council's O.K.
MUCH ACTIVITY LOOMING
Freeman, Smith St Camp Purrhaee
Bonds; Cement, Sand and Gra.
rel Bids Opened and Re. -f
erred to Committees
Low bidders on the North KtV
street and South Winter street
bridges were awarded the con- -structlon
contracts by the city
council last night on recommenda
tion from the bridge committee.
A. L. Lamb, Salem contractor,
was low on the South Winter
street span with a bid of $16.9.
Hagland and Allison, of Albany, .
got the 17th street project, with aa
offer of $8817.
"Both bids were below the eugt- -neers
estimates. '
Many Bids Received
Numerous bids on other mater
ials and equipment for the city',
and Improvement bonds, ' wera
PROJECTS
n
opened at the meeting. Most t
them were referred to the respec-
tlve mcomittees. . -
Freeman, Smith, and Camp were '
ilgh bidders on $51.28 .7 an iso-
jrovement bonds with an offer of .
J107J7, and the bid was accept
ed by the council. Other bidder
were Hugh B. McGuire, $100.53;
Lumbermens 'Trust company,
$100145; Carl E. Nelson, $100.8$;
and Burr Conrad and Broom, '
$101.19. . ; V .
The Oregon - Gravel- company,
lona bidder, on XI 4 lineal feet of "
1 4V inch sewer pipe, ,was awartod
the contract to furnish this mater-? '
ial on a bid of $2.1 C per foot.
, Referred to Committee y
Bids of four firms on cement -were
Identical,' all bidding $3.2$ .
per barrel with 10 cents fo re-
turned sacks and 10 cents per bar
rel for prompt payment. The bid
ders were Salem Sand and Gravel .
company,. Spaulding Logging com- -
pany, Henry Cowell Lime and Ce-
(ContiBBCtf KB .) ,,,
AUTO ACCIDENTS
TAKE HUGE TOLL
171 DEATHS , REPORTED IN
OREGON DURING 1927 .
Annual Statistics Given Out Froa
Office of T. A. Raf fety, . ,
Chief Inspect
Deaths from auto , aclcdents la .
Oregon during th year
reached a total of 171. ' " -During
the same year injurle ,
from the same source amounted to ,
42ot. ,;- -; s?:-y--s
There were 20,188 accident dur
lng the year of sufficient cons-
quence to be reported. f '
These statistics were made pub
lic yesterday from the office of T.-x
A. Raffety, chief inspector for the
state motor vehicle department.
The total number of accidents was
slightly lower" than in 1 9 2 0.. w hea
30,025 accident were reported.
Fatalities in 19 27 . were nearly .
50 per cent more numerous than
during the previous year,, howev-v.
er. Jn 192 there were 99 deaths
resulting from auto accidents, v
Of th total number of accident
reported ? for th year 1927 ; 15,--394'
were due -to-f carelessness on
the part of driver. Failure to give '
proper signal ' resulted in KM
accidents, ' while f IT accident ;
were reportea to nave seen causeu
by intoxicated drivers, "Jay walk
ers contributed to 188 accidents.
with 80S accidents doe to Inade
quate brakes.;: v iVi
Arrests resulting from the ae- -tlvltles
of sute traffic officers dur
ing tho year 1927 toUHed 2481
as against 8(25 during the year -
(Ontitwl 9 Vt S. )
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