Why Not a Men's Dormitory on Willamette University Campus, Built in Same Way as Those at University of Oregon andO.A.C?
Petitions to Put Herbert Hoover's Name as a Presidential Candidate on the Primary Ballot Will Be in Circulation Here Today '
Weather forecast! - Rain; cooler in east
portion; strong southerly winds on the
coast. Maximum 1 temperature yesterday
62, minimum 50, river 4.5, rainfall .43,
atmosphere cloudy, wind southwest.
mm
"Tour portrait free" says a placard oTer
a photograph of Gofernor Patterson In a
local store window. Surely the state of
Oregon pays Its chief executlre well enodgfc
that he can afford to buy his own photo
graphs. SEVENTY-SEVENTH YEAR
SALEM, OREGON, THURSDAY MORNING. MARCH 22, 1928
PRICE FIVE CENTS
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Report Muddy Water Leaked
Through Eleven Hours
Before Break
KEEPER SENT WARNING
Evidence Piles np at Coroner's In
quest to Indicate Official Neg
ligence Brought About
Disaster
LOS ANGELES, Mar. 21.
(AP) Two engineers, including
WiUam .Mulholland, cnlef engi
neer of the Los Angeles aqueduct
system and the JBt. Francis dam.
testified before a coroner's Jury to
day to crack and seepage existent
at the dam before it burst, Spewing
a death dealing flood: into the
peaceful Santa Clara river valley.
That there was a crack in the
west end of the dam which; had
been filled with oakum, was part
"of the testimony of James Phil
lips, engineer employed In building
the dam who said he had inspected
the structure sometime before it
bio.,f. He also loid tiie jurors who
are hearing evidence upon Which
to fix responsibility lor fbe disas
ter that cost at least 300 lives tuat
the seepage amounted to 360 cu
bic teet and hour.
Condition Described,
Phillips declared tuat the west
end of the dam which Mulhollanu
had testified he believed went out
in si. had not sunk at all due to
any softened condition which" had
bt-en intimated as the cause of the
break,.
l aat the dam keeper reported
anudy water seeping . through a
lea xl hours before the dam
but at was other testimony of, the
veteran engineer. J.n answer to
tenoning he said that muddy
Vers would indicate a "veiy
ha i ' condition. In Quavering voice
at times! verging on a sobbing
breakdown, the aged engineer at
oi.tr point sorrowfully said: "We
must nave overlooked something."
However, he denied that he had
any idea of any danger existing
ai.u declared that have been 'tiie
f.i io have warned the canyon
rec. dents. ;
Waters Thought Clear
lie said his own oDservation was
that the leakage wa:ers were clear
hau the mud was due to washing
a; a.nat a cut bnk.
lae dam always had been the
dii.a of the 19 built by Mulhol
U:id, or any that he had seen
throughout the country, he said.
He had kept close watch during
the construction of the dam.
The dam, itself was reared chief
ly from material-taken from the
winding little valley that slashes
the rolling hills above Saugua. The
westerly extension of the dam,
(Centinacd on pnga 10) .
FRANTIC EFFORTS
OF SAILORS SEEN
NEW FINDINGS MADE Uf CASE
OP SUNKEN SUB
Jicn Aboard 8-4 Made Frenzied
Attempt to Cut tlr ay Through
Hull and Escape
BOSTON, Mar. 21 (AP)
Evidence that the last hours -of
some of the forty men who died
") th esunken submarine 8-4 were
Npnt in frantic attempts to bat,.
t"r a bole through the hull was
uncovered today, by the naval
board of investigation. .
' old chisels, hand wrenches and
tvoral other battering tools were
found spread about the oosy de
bris on the motor room deck, the
f "apartment where most of the
rrrw died.. The walls were bat
tled and scarred by many blows
one spot indicated that an at-
t : pt had been made U cut
tifroogh with a chisel. The walls
of the small tiller room bore the
Fame marks, as did the Jorpedc
'onpartment, whereN Lieutenant
Graham N. Fitch and hla five com
rades lived for 72 hours until, one
by one, they wereVovercome by
ipn monoxide gas and toppled
-fS the shallow water to drown.
The men in the motor room,
members of 'the Investigation
board said, probably lived for some
time after the submarine was sunk
y the coast- guard destroyer
Paulding. They too. It VU eatd
finally were overcome Tr gas and
died in a few inches of water.
Board officers said the six men
in the torpedo compartment left
videnee , which showed; they had
""""i oicaoueu too iuuu r. "
human endurance before dsath'pnt
them out of ithelr misery.- '
almost 'exceeded tha limits of
ECHOES HEARD
HICKMAN CASE
LOS ANGELES MEN . TRIED
FOR PICTURE SELLING 7
Copying ami Distribution of Re
volting Photographs Charged"'
- 1 Against " Group
, LOS ANGELES, March 21.
(AP). An echo of the kidnaping
and murder of 12 year old Marian
Parker was- heard in municipal
court today when six men went on
trial on charges brought in con
nection with their alleged sale of
morgue -photographs of the little
girl'a mutilated body.
Perry M. Parker, father of the
child, was excused from testifying
by City Prosecutor E. J. Licklej
who Informed the Tourt that to
save the burdened father more
humiliation he would withdraw a
subpoena issued tor Parker's ap
pearance as'a witness. William
E. Hickman, the girl'a murderer,
now is at San Quentln prison
where he is scheduled to hang
April 27 for the crime.
.. Among the defendants Is Wil
liam M. Burge. former policeman
who is charged with taking the
original morgue photographs from
the r police . department record
room. The other five are charged
with copying, distributing and
selling the pictures.
COUNTY RECEIPTS LARGE
During
2,568,014.42 Taken In
' 1037, Report States
A total of 12,568,644.42 wae
'aken in. by the various "Marlon
ounty departments during the
year 1927,. according to the an
nual report of the county auditors
filed with the county court yes
terday. During the year 62,416,
447.26 was paid out, leaving a
balance of $938,859.06 of receipts
over disbursements.
The chief source of income was
the 1926 tax, collections of which
amounted to 11,928,012. De
linquent taxes for prior years, col
lected In If T,- amounted to more
than $100,000. The sheriff's of
fice also took In $5796 in fees
daring the year.
Fees collected at the county
clerk's office totalled $13,201.
These were all turned over to the
sounty treasurer.
There was a total of $929,653.
11 now on deposit to the credit
of the county In various banks
within the county boundarlee, the
report Indicates.
The auditors who filed yester
lays report were J. H. Roland of
Jefferson and L- S. Covert of Sa
lem. The county court will pass
upon It In the near future.
NEW ABBEY DEDICATED
nn.innt Laymen and
.UMIJ "
Members of Clergy Present
mount ANGEL, Ore., Mar. 21
(AP) Dedication services for
the new abbey of the Benedictine
Fathers here were held today with
nrominent clergy of the Ca
tholic archdiocese and many lay
men attending. The new building
replaces the old abbeyi destroyed
by fire September "21, 1926.
irhi.hon E. D. Howard per-
,mA th. dedication ceremony
i 1 ion risitinr priests were in
the sanctuary. In addition to the
entire Mount Angel community of
39 fathers and lay brothers.
.The abbey building Is three stor
ies high with dimensioDs
feet. It includes the sanctu
ary and on the lower floor
rooms for principals of the com
munity, chapter rooms, library and
gaest rooms. The seminary quar-
ters are located m in """u
The second floor is devoted to the
in-'r' fathers. and the
third floor to the clerics and -lay
workers. The structure- is of con
crete and the exterior Is of tan
brick. "V; ' ', i- '
PULLMAN DEBATERS VIN
WaabJngtAu Stalo CoUege Takes
Decision Prom Willamette
Washington State College de
baters took a decision, from .Wil
lamette nnlrersity here last nlf ht
. .i hdiaimi tnai
en tH ' QBWiuoa, vv 7
i mi.n la vestments and Invest-
hr abroad should be protectea on
ly &y the governments 01 m
. vi.kt.." (TMtment ll
tries in wcu , . . .
made." The, debata was decided by
infi L L. Swan of Albany.
r Tha contest proved uninterest
ing beeattso it developed almost en
tirely InU a wrangia wur.um..
terpretation of .the nestIon, the
affirmative speakers fromj
claimlh that the- word .houhv
Implied only hrinelple, wbll the
Willamette speaker! insisted . that
the matter' ef expeawncy au
Mt nntttv was nerttnent, -
L Charles Reddla and Fred Tooae
Jr.; represented wuiameu.-
Geerge FM and' Oartjm ' WIor
...rntfld WasnULgien n-i-
i ri Doner
V" "! T7 "
lametU Resided.;
WU-
STILL EGH D ES
IN . S. SENATE
Robinson of Indiana Again
Attacks Governor Smith
of New York
DEMOCRATS DEFEND AL
Phrase "Birds of a Feather Flck
x Togetber Flung Back by
.- Way of Taunt as Bourbons
Make Speeches
WASHINGTON, March 21.
(AP). Another etorm revolving
around Teapot Dome rolled today
through both the senate Chamber
and the committee 'investigating
room as republicans and demo
crats renewed their feud over1
Harry F. Sinclair's political gifts.
Standing alone in the senate
among his republican colleagues.
Robinson of Indiana, again cen
tered an attack on Governor Al
fred E. Smith of New York and
received in return a barrage of
thruste from nearly a dozen dem
ocrats.
Before the oil committee a new
inquiry into democratic party fi
nancing was forced by the republi
can chairman, Nye of North Da
kota, with Wilbur Marsh, former
treasurer of the democratic na
tional committee, flatly denying
that the democrats had received
any contributions from any source
which they desired to conceal.
Marsh Explains
Marsh emphatically declared
(Cen tinned on page 10)
STEUSL0FF WILL BUILD
Ooncret Structure Costing
tf80,000 Planned On Liberty
Here and there and everywhere
new buildings are rising -in this
city and more to come. W. W.
8tensloff made It known yester
day morning that he will erect a
new brick structure on North Lib
erty street, work starting in a
short time. The building will be
constructed of concrete, two stor
ies high, at an estimated cost of
about $30,000. All plans hare as
yet not been completed, but it is
believed that contracts for the
structure will be let in the next
few days.
Two residences which formerly
occupied the lot have been moved,
and excavation was started yester
day morning.
Two large store spaces will oc
cupy the first floor, and office
rooms will be constructed on the
upper floor. Many of the office
spaces have already been spoken
for, reports Mr. Steusloff. The
building will be opened about the
first of August. '- '
v,1 ,.1 'W Vrf fei
RECALL CAREER
OF DAM BUILDER
BEGAN AS IRISH LAD CLEAN
ING DITCHES FOR CITY
Sailed Around Cape Horn as 8ee-
man at Age ol 10 Years
Now Under Fire
LOS ANGELES, Mar. 21.
(AP) The sobbing figure of Wil
11am Mulholland at the St. Francis
dam inquest here today turned
southern California's eyes back
ward 50 years to an Irish lad who
began a sparkling engineering ca
reer as a ditch cleaner here. .
The now grizzled chief engineer
of the department of water and
power rounded Cape Horn as a
seaman when he was 19. He came
to San Pedro and obtained employ
ment as a "zanzero," or ditch
worker when the city still held Its
pueblo appearance. Engineering
fascinated the youth and he be
gan the study of the science of
municipal water supply. g,- -
Later, when the fast growing
city was forced to glover deserts
and' across mountain : ranges for
its life blood,- Los Angeles chose
Mulholland a - man who had
swuna pick in her streets as
ner guiding genius. It devolved
upon him, in the years that follow
ed, to spend between $25, 000,
U00 and $40,000,000 In building
the arteries of water supply.
The long aqueduct into the wa
tersheds of the high Sierras, sec
ond in size only to that of the
New York aqueduct, was the out
standing achievement of Mulhol
land. Twenty years ago that water
way was driven into the- upper
Owens valley of Inyo county. Of
recent years, Mulholland has been
laying plans for driving' a super-
artery through to the Colorado
river if a storage dam Is built
there.
On the witness stand today at
a- coroner's inquest of bodies of
men, women and children who
died In the deluge caused by the
collapse of a dam built under his
direction, the veteran engineer
sobbed; . .
"The only ones I envy ere those
that are dead."
VIBBERT HIT, DRAGGED
Not , Seriously Injured, Report;
Did Not See Car Coming
L. J. Vibbert, 1120 South Com
mercial street, was knocked ddwn
by an automobile and dragged for
a considerable distance on Com
mercial street Wednesday after
noon about 3 o'clock, but was not
seriously Injured, according to the
statement of relatives later In the
day.
Mr. Vibbert said that he looked
n both directions before starting
o cross the street, and saw nc
ar comng. He got about three
fourths of the way across whei
..e was hit by the car, and did not
remember anything that happened
after that.
It was reported that a Mr.
Shaw was driving the car, hut
this was not verified. No report
had been made to the police np to
8 o'clock last night
SPRING SHOWERS!
WALES TUMBLES
AGAIN, AND HOW!
BRITISH PRINCE " DESCRIBES
- NEAT SOMERSAULT
'It's Brute of a Fall," Says He;
Last One Recorded on
March 10
RISELEY, England. Mar. 21
(AP) A breath taking acrobatic
feat starring the Prince of Wales
was presented to the spectators
at the Oakley hunt point-to-point
races today when the royal rider
somersaulted from the saddle of
his favorite mount, De Gomme.
De Gomme, which carried Wales
to victory In the St. Davids cup
on March 1, floundered heavily
as he flnshed a stream Jump and
the prince, still clutching the
reins which broke, left the saddle.
He sailed over the horse's head,
turned a circus flip In the air and
landed more or taHPgracefulIy
squarely on his feet.
Scrambling from the path of
the other horses which thundered
on, led by the riderless De Gom
me, the. prince waved and shouted
to his frightened friends that,-he
was entirely unhurt. Returning
to the paddock in as automobile
the prince admitted: "It was a
brute of a Jump," but refused to
take his mishap as seriously as
the excited throng which waited
his appearance.
The prince had his last previous
fall on March 10 when his horse
stumbled in a steeple chase
STAN FIELD SUED AGAIN
Portland Firm Begins Action For
Over Half Million
LA GRANDE. Mar. 21. (AP)
Robert N. Stanfield, former
United States senator, and the Co
lumbia Basin Wool Warehouse
company were made defendants to
day in an action for collection of
money, filed in the Union coun
ty circuit court by attorneys rep
resenting the Security Savings
and Trust company, Portland,
trustee.
iThis suit; calling for collection
of 64,34.9S, follows thV first;
filed four months ago, in which
$1,705,681.10 was sought.
The action states that Stanfield
signed the note and gave it to the
warehouse company, which- a
signed it to the trustee as secur
ity for the payment of indebted:
ness to a number of creditors not
named in the complaint.
BOYER, DRAGER IN RACE
Present County Officials File For
Republican Primary
U. G. Boyer, Marion county
clerk, and Dave Drager, county
treasurer, both definitely an
nounced themselves as candidates
to succeed themselves in office by
filing initial petitions yesterday.
Each seeks the republican nomi
nation. Circulation of the petitions also
began yesterday. When filled ont
with names they will he filed with
the county clerk.
Boyer and Drager are the first
to announce their candidacy by
this method here this year.
COUNTY GRAND
JURY RETURNS
DEATH CHARGE
Formal Indictment Brought
, Against Earl Jones of
Oregon City
FATHER BELIEVES IN SON
"He Couldn't Have Done It"
Opinion Expressed While Ly
ing Upon Cot In Hospital
At Portland
Is
OREGON CITY, Ore., March 21.
(AP). Earl Jones, 19, was in
dicted on a charge of first degree
murder by the Clackamas county
grand Jury here late today for the
dynamiting of his father's home
near Boring, Ore., March 15, when
his step mother and step brother
were killed and his father, a step
sister and a sister of Mrs. Jones
were severely injured.
Toung Jones has admitted plac
ing the dynamite under the house
but denies setting it off.
"That is Just what I expected,"
Earl said when told by Sheriff E.
T. Mass that he had been indicted
on the murder charge. He will be
arraigned tomorrow before Judge
Campbell, circuit Judge of Clack
amas county. Jonee has been held
in the Oregon City Jail here on an
open charge since the day of the
explosion.
The Indictment charges the
youth specifically with the murder
of his stepmother, Mrs. Inez L.
Jones.
Marks First Step
The move was the first' on the
part of Clackamas county officials
to convict the youth of . the alleged
crime; ' ' : "
The Jones' house was totally de
molished at 6:46 a. m. last Thurs
day. Mr. and Mrs. Jones and Earl
were the only ones awake. The
other boys, Harold, 10, who was
killed, and Richard, 16, and the
two girls, Ethel Jones, 18, and
Gladys Roe, 16, were asleep. Earl
left the house a few momenta be
fore the blast.
Suspicion first was directed
against him when he told conflict
ing stories about obtaining the
dynamite. Later he admitted
placing the powder under tne
house but denied vigorously that
he had caused the explosion.
"You can prove that I bought
the powder," he was quoted, "and
you can prove that I put it under
the house, but you cannot pfove
that I set it off. I can't prove that
I didn't but you can't hang me for
that."
-Dad Doesn't Believe If
PORTLAND, March 21. (AP)
From a cot In a nospiiai nere
where he Is lying seriously injur.
ed, Robert R Jones tonight rose
to the defense of his eon. Earl, 19.
indicted at Oregon City today for
the murder in the first degree as
the result of the blast March 16
that killed Mrs. Jones and her 10
year old son, and shattered tne
body of the elder Jones.
"I know he couldn't have aone
It why. If they pin that onto
Earl, HH be worse than H all of
ua had been killed 1'
finch was the declaration ox tne
youth's father when told tor the
first time, that his son was being
held tor the crime.
No t can't, imagine now
happened.? Earl's father Mid in
SALEMWOMAN
TO BE HONORED
MRS. SARAH KUHT air,.
FETED AS WRITER
Local BesWemT One ! Two Who
Win Be Entertained In
Portland Friday
PORTLAND, Mar. II. (AP)
Two women, writers wnoss nw
books appeared recently win he
entertained Friday night at a re
ception here by the Oregon Writ
ers', league. Congratulatory ad
dresses will be made by Luther D.
Mahone,' president .and other ot
f leers of the league to Mnu. Sheba
Hargreaves of Portland, and. Mrs.
Sarah Hnnt Btseve-of Salem,
A new- work of fiction, "The
Cabin at the Trail's End," written
by Mrs. JUrgTenres has recently
appeared on the market." "V
JMrs. Sleeves has recently naa
published seml-Wsterteal werk,
Book of Remembrance or Marion
Count.. Oregon.. Pioneers. , as-
1810.? Bhe is the wife et Dr, B.
L. Bteevea. president et the 'beard
of trustees of Willamette univer
sity. " - - ,. vi.
SHS GRADUATES
TO NUMBER 259
CLASS NUMBERS EIGHT MORE
THAN LAST YEAR
Annabel Tooae, Minnie Hcsemaa
an1 Lucille Harland Tied
For Honors
Seniors at the Salem high
school who will,, In all probability,
receive diploma ai the com
mencement exercises June 1,
number 259. J. C. Nelson, princi
pal announced Wednesday after-J
noon aiier ne nan examined the
students' records.
The total of 259 is eight more
than last year, although the total
enrollment in the high school was
two less last Friday than at the
same period a year ago.
Of those who will graduate, 103
or 39.7 per cent are boys, and 166
girls. The percentage of boy
graduates this year, is consider
ably less than 47.3 per cent of
boys in all classes.
From these figures it is only
a step to deducing that the boys
find it harder to complete the full
high school education than do the
girl students, as the principal
suggested.
1 Further figures revealed by Mr.
Nelson show that well over half
of the number are entered in the
college preparatory courses and
aim to continue their studying.
Those enrolled In the four divis
ions of study offered at the high
school are: college preparatory,
154; commercial, 65; industrial
arts, 13; general, 27.
At the same time Mr. Nelson
announced that scholarship honors
in the claBS of 1928 are equally di
vided between three girls, each of
whom has made the highest grade
possible in every subject carried
during the last two years.
The girls are: V
Annabel Tooze, who entered
here as a sophomore from Oregon
City and is a daughter of Mr. and
Mrs. Fred J. Tooze. She resides
at 816 MiH street, atemT al
though Mr. Tooze is now conduct
ing a newspaper at St. Helens.
Minnie Heseman. a. Parrish
flnnior highstudeut before enter
ing the senior high and daughter
of Mr. and Mrs. E. B. Heseman.
Lucille Harland, wno spent her
freshman year at the school in
Wilsall, - Montana, daughter of
Mr. and Mrs. P. C. Harland, 378
South Twenty-first street.
' Three seniors, one selected for
scholarship honors, one chosen by
the faculty and the other by the
class itself, will take part in the
commencement exercise this year,
as has been customary.
This means that these three
girls are tied as the scholarship
participant, a not unusual occur
rence. The manner in which the
proposition will be settled has
been turned over to the three girls
(Continued on pare 10)
LUNCHEON OPEN FORUM
Chamber of Commerce Members
May Talk on Any Subject
All bars' are let down in the an
nouncement of the program for
the Salem chamber of commerce
luncheon next Monday. President
George Vlck has broadcast word
that it will be an open forum, with
every member privileged to talk
about any subject he chooses
and nobody will be drafted as a
speaker.
A brief portion of the time;
however, will be occupied by mem
bers who recently flew from Port
land to Seattle and return, in
telling what they think of avia
tion and Salem's need of an air
port. COUNTRY STORE CURBED
Four Theater Managers in Port
land Get Convictions
PORTLAND, Mar. 11. (AP)
Four Portland theater managers,;
arrested March 18 after holding
so-called "old fashioned country
stores' in their show houses were
convicted on charges of conducting
a lottery in municipal court today. 1
They are Art Hile. Steven Parker,
G. Geller and C. E. Yeeger. Judge
Stadter, after finding the quartet
guilty fined Hile f 26 explaining
that the fine was taige enough to
permit the showman to appeal to
the circuit court.-
When Hile filed noticed of ap
pear Judge 8tadter held sentence
In abeyance bn the other three. J
COLLEGE YOUTH INJURED
Corranis StwdeaC Has Severe Acs
?-eldest mt Oregon City v-, '
' OREGON tHTT, 'March tt
(AP). Dan Nattla, of St-Heltms,
a stndsnt at Oregon State collage,
was seriously injured hera today
when his motorcycle skidded' on
the. wet pavement at the' Oswego
bridge, and collided . with a .Port4
land Eleetrle i Power eomiiany
stage." Nattla's legs . 'were7 Broken
and several teeth - Were knocked
outr; He "was brought to . a hos
pital herev, v v . ;
ES TO HEAD
Petitions To Place Name On
Ballot Circulate Here Be
ginning Today
CANDIDATE GIVEN PRAISE
' 1 , . .I'lll
arterise government If Herbert
Hoover Is Elected, Speak
er Declares
Officers previously chosen to .
head the Salem Hoover for Presi
dent cfcub temporarily, were all
reelected as its permanent lead
ers at last night's enthusiastic
meeting in the courthouse. They
are B. C. Males, boyhood friend
and distant relative of the candi
date, president; Ray L. Smith.
secretary, and C. B. Phillips, trea
surer.
Petitions asking that Herbert
Hoover's name be placed on the
ballot in the Oregon primary elec
tion May 18, were distributed ro
some of the members and will be
circulated beginning today. It Is
expected lhat there will be no
difficulty In securing any desired
number of signatures In Salem.
judging from the fact that 321
voters have signed up for mem
bership In the Hoover club with
out any solicitation. These peti
tions must be filed with the sec
retary of state by April 14.
Hoover Buttons Appear
The "Hoover for President"
buttons were also distributed to
the members present last night.
and more of them are In the hands
of the persons circulating the pett-
tions, or may be obtained from the
officers of the club.
The officers were reelected
unanimously, upon the nomination
of Hal Patton. who declared that
of Hal Patton, as the man in Salem .
who knows Mr. hoover most Inti
mately, is the logical man. to head
this movement.
Candidate Praised
Efficiency and honesty are two
factors certain to dominate the
government of the United States
If Herbert Jloover is elected, it
was declared by Dr. George H.
Alden, who was the principal
speaker at the meeting. Dr. Al
den traced the history of tha
Hoover family from a time about
350 years ago when its members
left France because of religious
persecution. The name then was
spelled "Huber."
They settled In Holland and de"
scendents emigrated to America
shortly before the Revolutionary
war, settling In Maryland. They
were not then Quakers, but adop
ted the faith on. being convinced
through association with Its de
votees of their sincerity, and
moved to a Friends colony la
North Carolina. Later because
of opposition to slavery th
moved to Ohio, and finally te
(Coatlnaed on pact Iff)
WOMAN SUICIDES
TO STAY IN U. S.
WIFE OF SEATTLE MAN HAS
FEAR OF DEPORTATION
Mrs. EUa Beck Hurls Sell Under
Wheels of Great Northern
Railroad Train
SEATTLE. March it. (AP)
Positive that immigration author
ities would take. her from her hue
band and baby boy and deport her,
Mrs. Ella Beck, 28, deliberately
allowed herself to be run down by
Great Northern railroad train
near Seattle, the woman's widow
er, Theodore Beck, said tonight.
A note telling of her Intention
to end her life was found in their
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home shortly after the woman was
killed late yesterday.
Beek, almost In a state of col
lapse, told of hie wife's tear. Six
years ago she came to the United
States as a -visitor. ; She met Beck,
also an alien, ' and married - him.
Beck took out citizenship papers,
but his wife did not apply for fear
she would be deported because of
her Illegal status.
A fsw months ago, after she.
had long' overstayed the allotted
period of a visitor, she received a
card asking her to visit the ImmW
gratkm station., rearing that It
she Went she would be Immediate-
ly deported, she did not go.
Her ; husband to calm her. re- v
celved the assurance of authorities
that If she Intended to become a
citizen, she would not be deport- .
ed. But the notices continued te . -come.
Beck said, and' her feaT
t grew into a, mania. . ' -
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