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rr'; HEUABILITY Rettahfiiry and --' accwraey are mUoU fettara of the JUwdUed rrw. .The Jfcw Oregon Statesman is aa A. WBATQEH Unsettled today; Feeslhler showers; Rising bwaaklitjt Max. teenneretnre Monday 88; Min. 43; River 1MH rising. ; 3 P. "o Ftwor Sewy 0.; Ho Feet SJxeO ioc" a Pint March IS. 151 SEVENTY-EIGHTH YEAR Salem; Oregon, Tuesday Morning, September 18, 1928 PRICE FIVE CENTS HOOVER FLAYS Florida Staggers Where Tornado Trapped j25 In Illinois What... They think of- Voting as a Public Duty and Whether All Should Vote 1 Jl-M.jp'iywii'ii"'ww As Hurricane Hit " :-:-3r?yS J"Ht.-J - fm TARIFF STAND COUNCIL TOLD 1 BOURBOHSFOR I I HI I ill Vtfl II l--Jl I w sis a. w a. s.sa i , - II" ni II 1 1" II 111 I lyry IDIVUIDHWbL f! -G. 0- P. Leader Scores Policy of Opening Flood Gates to Cheap Labor Immense Demonstration Staged When Nominee Opens Drive in East NEWARK. N. J.. Sept. 17.- f AP) In the face of the greatest demonstration he has witnessed since he was chosen to bear the presidentiil standard of the re publican party, Herbert Hoover tonight delivered the. first stroke of his campaign to win the east. Speaking here tonight after an automobile tour through a dozen or smaller towns in the vicinity, the republican nominee described the tariff and immigration stands of the democrats as serious threats to the program of labor or a full time job for every man. A throng of people that occu pied every available inch of space had Jammed Itself into the ar mory to hear the nominee. Applause Sweeps Hall As he arose to begin his speech, expanding his labor views, a wild burst of applause swept through the hall. The cheering continued for several minutes and when the candidate could make himself heard he thanked the people of Aewark for the kindly reception that had been accorded him in this vicinity. Then he plunged forth with into his speech. The position of the democrats on tariff - and immigration, he told them, might constitute a barrier to the onward sweep of the progress he said had been made during the last seven and a half years. Federal Aid Backed Although, he said, labor through collective bargaining may improve working conditions and wages, government aid is necessary if the country's works are to be so oper ated that a full time job will ex ist for every man who will work, " He- desfTibed the activities of the republican administration to wardj leading America "out of the unemployment bog Into which the Vuntry had fallen in 1921. add g, however, that there still were tlo industries, coal and textile, vhich had not yet climbed over the top. He pledged himself to rarrv fnrwo rH riflfvntlv Iia ta mmr of aiding them "to their full re covery by every assistance the government can afford." A burst of applause greeted his tariff pro nouncement and as he proceeded, (Turn to Page 2, Please.) L Plans for a year of increased activity were outlined at the an nual meeting of Selected Oregon Newspapers, held at the Congress hotel in Portland Monday. At a luncheon session representatives of the leading advertising agencies on the Pacific coast reviewed the outlook for fall and discussed with publishers present some of the problems of national advertising. The publishers of the New: Ore gon Statesman and representatives of ail but two of the other Select ed Oregon Newspapers attended the all-day session. Tentative plans were made to hold an an nual meeting in San Francisco in the future. A. W. Stypes, execu tive secretary of the group, makes bis headquarters in San Francisco, although there are associate tet- icuuca iu lw9 Augeieii aou run 'land. Member papers of the Selected Oregon group, in addition to the Statesman, are: Astoria Budget DaKr neraia, nena nuueun, jor vallie Gazette-Times, Eugene Reg ister, Klamath FalltrNews, Marsh field News. Medford News and Pendleton East Oregonian. The "Rich Spot Group" of Oregon weeklies, allied wjth the Selected list, are the Dallas Observer, For est Grove News-Times, Hood River Glacier, McMinnville Telephone Register, St. Helens Mist and Till amook Herald. NEWSPAPERS n Canadian Police Fail to Get Gordon -VANCOUVER. B. C. Sept., 17. (AP) Gordon Stnart North cott, his mother, Mrs. Louisa Northcott, and Mrs. Winnie Clark, mother of San ford Clark, were In Vancouver last nfght, the Provincial police revealed late to day. , The North cot ts and Mrs. Clark had been located In a rooming boose In the 110 Block Pendrell street, police said, and left the quarters for an unknown between 11 p. m. and midnight. Police said the three were driv en away In a taxieab. So far they have not keen able to learn the Identity of the driver. Blood From , Animals .-. LOS ANGELXS, .Sept. IT. -(AP) Bloodstains found on; ah hoik d to have. beenone of TTH interest In politics running high and 'consid ering the repeated and ur gent calls upon qualified voters to make sure that their names appear upon the registration books before October 6 so that they will be able to cast their ballots on November 6, the New Oregon Statesman set out Mon day to feel the public pulse in Salem, in an effort to determine the attitude of various citizens with reference to whaMhey con ceive to be their duty as to vot-' lng. Here is the result: - - AL KRAUSE, local clothing dealer, said: "Every citizen should vote as it is the greatest privilege man has to be able to govern himself. Many foreign ers come to this country be cause of that privilege." EZRA DIEFFENBACH, sur veyor in town for several days, said: "A person, should vote so that laws will not be passed with which he is not in sympathy. It is the duty of every citizen to; express his wishes as to govern-; ment. Voting is .the only way to do it with effect." MELYIN JOHNSON, real es tate dealer, said: "I think every American citizen ought to vote, and above all to vote the way he or she believes and thinks. Of course I believe all should be in formed on the subject upon which the vote is to be. I am Especially proud of my voting, privilege and I think every "American citizen should be." C. G. MARSTON. paper mill employe who lives at 1281. Market street, said: "If any man does not vote when he is entitled to vote, he is not exercising his right as a citizen, and has no business complaining afterward if the government is not to his liking. I was registered before the last election, but I have moved, so now I'll have to reg ister again." SiRS. LILA ANTRICAN, dep uty in the county clerk's office .where voters register, said: "I think everyone should vote reg ularly, beginning at the first el (Turn to Page 2, Please.) FARMER HIS PLEDGE -EVANSVILLE, Ind., Sept. 17. (AP) Prompt solution of the farm problem was repledged to night by Senator Charles Curtis, the republican vice presidential nominee, in recounting the efforts of the republican administration in behalf of agriculture. "Our party had pledged itself," he told a meeting in the city's col iseum, "to the enactment of mea sures which will place the agri culture of the United States on a basis of economic equality with other industries. Our candidate for president has given his word that he will keep the pledge of our platform. "Personally, you have my as surance - that I will gladly join with other friends of agriculture and do everything possible, regard less of party affiliations, to find and 4 ring about genuine relief." . Curtis assured the Hoosiers who gave their presidential pri mary vote to Senator Watson in (.he contest with Herbert Hoover that the republican presidential nominee would carry out the poli cies of the Coolidge administra tion. Limb From Tree Cause of Injury EUGENE, Ore., Sept. 17.- (AP) Allen Warner, employe of me Fenn Lumber company, was unconscious at the Eugene hospital today as a result of injuries suf fered in a timber accident today. He was struck on the head by the limb of a tree while at work in the woods. S. Northcott the murder weapons In the North cott ranch crimes at Riverside to night were declared by city chem ist R. E. Welsh not to hare been from human blood. Welsh also re ported, after making chemical analysis, that a blood-soaked clod of earth taken from the chicken-) ranch, also was not evidence of murder. The analysis showed both to havo been made by the blood of v Story Declared Trwe LOS ANGELES. 6ept. 1L (AP) Official corroboration of a story of boy mardem at the Riv erside chicken ranch of Stnart Northcott, was made lata today by J. Clark' Sellers. Identification ex pert and crimonologlst, who de clared that "bits of evidence. beaN lag' out- the story r: of ' asserted -.(Tnrn to Page J. Please.) . W CMS 1 GIVES City Engineer Suggests Way v to Overcome Stench at t Small Co Portland Concern's Bid for $100,000 Saleih Bonds Is Accepted Appeal to the state board of health -to Intervene tn the matter or the disagreeable odor said to emanate from the mouth of the state sower in the Willamette riv er, was arged by Alderman W. H. Dancy at Monday night's meelinr of the city council, following a re port oy City Engineer Rogers which seemed to corroborate earl ier claims that this sewer was the source of the stench.' Someone, said Mr. Rogers, had occasion to remove the cover from manhole on the state sewer at 23rd street, and there emanated an odor unmistakably the same as that noticed at the river bank. The nuisance can be overcome. the engineer said, by properly ven tilating at the manholes along the course or this sewer, or by putting in settling tanks at the state flax plant. No Action Taken No action was taken, -following a statement by Alderman Graben horst of the sewer committee that after high water comes the odor will not be noticed, and then, he is confident, the state board of control will be convinced that ex tending the end of the sewer line into deeper water will remove all objection. The slate officials are not disposed to be unreasonable, he declared, and will take any necessary action when convinced of its prectlcability. A. D. Leach company, of Port land, was the successful bidder on 1100,000 worth of sewer bonds, offering a flat premium of $170; and Jerry Bernard was awarded the contract for construction of the Cross street bridge on a low bid of $5,210. The ordinance- seeking to fix the-city engineer's salary at $275 a. month was again laid on the table, following argument by Al derman Purvine, who said that the charge is fair for this year when there ie so much extra work, but might be excessive if there is less street construction later. The ordinance provided that all but $150 of the salary be paid out of the street improvement fund. Parking In Alleys The problem of parking in al leys provoked lengthy discussion. Alderman Schunke complained that merchants were being depriv ed of the opportunity to load and unload their trucks in the alleys, but other members of the council, while agreeing that they should have this privilege, declared that some of the merchants abused it and would leave their trucks parked for as long as an hour. It further was brought out that two merchants had a habit of parking their trucks side by side, completely blocking one of the principal downtown alleys. The matter was settled for the time being when it was voted that Recorder Poulsen be instructed to dismiss all pending charges of parking in the alleys, and that the street and fire and water commit tees study the problem and rec ommend any advisable changes In the ordinance. A suggestion by Alderman Dancy that one way traffic be established in the alley north of State street between Lib erty and High, seemed to meet with general favor. Man Is Mistaken For Deer By Pal ; Result Is Fatal LA GRANDE, Orel. Sept 17. f AP) The first fatality in Oregon this year in which a man was mis taken for a deer and killed, oc curred hero Saturday when Lewis L. Nichols, 40, of Minam, Oregon, was killed by a shot from the rifle of Frank Hoffman, a companion hunter. Hoffman was exonerated by a coroner's jury but was held for hunting without a license. Hoffman had separated from Ms companions a few minutes be 'ure the tragedy. Others in the par? ty heard a shot, followed a few moments later by . a shout from Hoffman that "I think I've got one." A moment later Hoffman cried for help. The Others in the party ran to the spot and found Nichols dead with a bullet through his neck. - Methodists Meet In Annual Session HOOD RIVER, Ore.. Sept. 17. (AP) Dr. S. J. - Chaney of Eu gene. . superintendent of the southern - district, - was the ; first delegate to arrive today to attend the :7Cth session; of the, annual Oregon conference of the Meth odist Episcopal church. The ses sion will open ' tomorrow. - Other ministers who arrived tonight In cluded George Oliver, vice-president ot ' Willamette University. Salem; Dr. T." H Temple,- pastor of Medford Methodist church, and Dr. E. S. Hasey, superintendent of the eastern district. - This la general view of the wreckage of Plant B of the Rockford, IJL, Chair Jk Furniture com pany, in which 25 persona were trapped during the recent tornado which swept that city: The photo graph was transmitted by telephoto from Chicago to San Francisco and by air mail from that city to the New Orcgew Btatcoman. RALLY TONIGHT rank Davey to Be Principal Speaker at Meeting in Court House All voters who are interested in the issues of the coming preal dential election, and especially the women voters, are invited to attend the republican rally which will be held tonight a 8 o'clock In the court house, officers of the Marion county republican central committee announced Monday. The speaker will be Frank Davey, for many years a resident of Salem but now connected with he state market agent's Portland office. He is an Interesting speak er and well informed on political questions. In addition, he was a close friend of Herbert Hoover while the candidate was a resident of Salem. The meeting was called primar ily to get tne repnoiican precinct committeemen from all parts of the county together,! or discussion preliminary to the formal opening of the campaign. J. C. Perry, chairman of the county, central committee, announces that all of the necessary campaign supplies are now available, and will be dis tributed to the precinct commit. tee men. G.A.R. ISGATHER1NG DENVER, Sept. 17. (AP). An army which has seen three great wars in the history of the nation and whose claim to fame is written in histories on the war of secession, was gathering in Den ver tonight. The Grand Army of the Repub lic shriveled, it la true, by the inroads of the 2 years since the founding of the organization is here for its annual encampment, and no sonuer were registrations started than the business of elect ing a new commander in chief paled other matters Into insignifi cance. Encampment headquarters of the army in blue which, 67 years ago was thrown into the field to preserve the unity of the nation, today was a scene of political croes-currents incident to the se lection of a commander in chief to succeed Elbridge L. Hawk, Sacra mento, Col., to date there are four candidates to succeed him. There is Samuel P. Town, Phil adelphia, assistant quartermaster general, as the only eastern man aspiring to head the G. A. R., for the coming year. Running against him at this hour, when registra tions are not quite complete, are three westerners who want to keep the titular head of the or ganization west of the Mississippi R. H. McWhorter, Coffeyville, Kansas; John Reese, Broken Bow, Nebr., and James E. Jewel, Fort Morgan, Colo., all past department commanders. Population Here Shows Huge G$jn Salem now has a population of 27,000 as against approximately 20.000 In 1920, according to a bulletin issued by the Salem chamber of commerce. This esti mate, ft correct, means that the population has increased 52 per cent since , the last census was taken. ' Water us ers have Increased 110 per cent, telephones in the Salem district 0 per cent, school enrollment 55 per cent, electricity users 90 per cent and postal receipts 54 per cent.: .C;-" ::'- V Babe Hunt Kayoes Pond 2nd Round OKLAHOMA CITT. Sept. 17 (AP) Babe Hunt. Oklahoma heavyweight champion, pounded Charles XL (Ranger) Pond. San Jose, . CaUL.lheavywelght. into helplessness and knocked him out in the ' second round of - men round bout here' tonight," REPUBLICANS FOR HI MEET Church Ceremonial Will Be Conducted On Council Crest PORTLAND, Ore., Sept. 17. (AP) After 80 years. Congregation ali sts who gather here thia week from eastern, middle west and Pacific coast states, will hold a ceremonial Wednesday at 4: SO p. m. on the same spot on Council Great where a similar body of the same denomination conferred the name Jipon r Port land's famous viewpoint. George H. Himes, who sponsored the historic climb to the top of this prominence, will preside as toastmastee. Several hun dred delegates will attend the Pacific Slope meet ing. Sessions start to morrow. ' Membership Campaign Open With Enthusiasm at Monday Luncheon The Salem Chamber of Com merce membership drive was launched at a "guest luncheon" Monday noon attended by 135 members and prospective mem- ners. AH of those present were assigned to teams, leaders being CIVIC CHAMBER STARTS DRIVE Otto Hlllman and Edward Schun-Sound, the ship foundered with ke, W. M. Hamilton and B. E. Sis-jout warning. son, J. N. Chambers ana lt. en ry E. Morris. The goal is 100 new memners. and lists of prospects were divided up among the teams, each mem ber being held responsible tor signing op the persons or firms whose cards they hold Almost every development pro ject of the many that have result ed In doubling Salem's population in 15. years and increasing the val ues of some property 200 per cent in four or five years, has been started and fostered by the Cham ber of Commerce, it was declared by T. B. Kay, speaker of the day. Investment in a members nip in the Chamber of Commerce is one of the best investments that a bus iness or, professional man may make. Mr. Kay declared, as it not only aids the city's development, but gives the member opportunity for contact with other progres sive citizens which is possiDie in no other way. Labor College Is Urged For Pacific Coast Sections SACRAMENTO. Cal.. Sept. 17. (AP) i-A Pacific Coast Labor college, established and maintain ed by organized labor groups in five western states, was urged by Miss Katherine O'Hare, labor edu cator of Mena. Ark., in an .address before the 29th annual state fed eration of labor convention here today. ! 'Miss O'Hare is an instructor In the state labor college In Arkan sas. She came to the California convention from similar conclaves held in, Oregon and Washington with word that these states were willing to consider cooperating with California, Nevada and Idaho in the establishment and upkeep of an Institution on the Pacific coast which would teach subjects vital to the progress of labor. Registration of Freshmen Ended, Freshman of Willamette 1 uni versity v Monday began -registra tion for their work for -the .com ing year. By night ft was report ed thai most of the class had com pleted registration.' Today; few late entrants will take the classl tyinaexattinatlon In English and will register at the same time as the npperclassraen. At a meeting held In the afternoon the Ineohw tag class, elected. Clan.de Harris of West Linn temporary 7 president: SHIP FOUNDERS S HEEN DROWN Five Survivors Picked Up On Life Raft After Ma I nasoo Goes Down OWEN SOUND. Ont., Sept. 17. (JAP) Sixteen men were be lieved to have lost their lives when the passenger and cargo steamer Manasoo foundered in a heavy sea off Griffith's Island Sat urday night. Word of the sinking was brought tonight by the steam er Manitoba, which picked up five survivors from a life raft. The Manasoo carried a crew of 17 and was said to have had four passengers. Captain John McKay, first officer Osborn Long, purser Arthur Mlddlebro, Roy Fox, an oiler, and B. Wallace of Oil Springs. Ont.. a passenger, were rescued. A sixth man, chief engineer Tom McCutcheon, had beeja on the raft. but died from exposure. His body was cast into the sea to lighten iie raft, while his clothing was faken for use of one of the others who had been on the raft 50 hours clad only in his underwear. Messages were broadcast to lake boats to watch for other possible survivors, but small hope was en tertained that others had survived during "the 60 hours since the Manasoo foundered. The Manasoo with a cargo of cattle abread.- was bound from west bay, Manltoulin island, to Owen sound. A heavy sea was run ning and when off Griffiths Isl- land, 25 miles north from Owen Capt. McKay, said the vessel went down at 3 a. m. on Saturday. As she sank he and his compan ions clambered aboard a life raft they had flung into the water, but the darkness made it impossible for them to determine what be came of the rest of the crew and the passengers. SEATTLE A V I I T 0 B PARIS. Sept. 17. (AP) George H. Storck, Seattle aviator engaged in a solo flight around the world, has been unreported for two days. There has been no word of him since he took off in his small seaplane from the Seine at Sartouville near Paris yesterday. He had not arrived at Berre inlet near Marseilles, shis ohjectivenp to 9:30 o'clock tonight. It now is feared that the 30 horse power plane, by which Storck hoped to demonstrate the present high development of privately-owned planes, may have crashed In the fOrests of Fon tainebleau or Rambouillet. It might be two days before he could. be loeated In those regions. Exhibits Should Be In Wednesday i AUBURN, Ore., Sept. 17. (Spe cial) All children who are pre paring an exhibit for the Hayes ville Sunday school district booth at the state fair should send their exhibits in Wednesday, September 19, and if possible in the morning, it was announced Monday. Work ers who will decorate the booth will be at the fair grounds, in the old pavilion, at 10 o'clock that morning, and will remain for most of the day. Fire Chiefs to , ' Erect Placque A bronxe placode will be erected to the memory ot . R X Gilson, fire chief of Lebanon for many years, fire chiefs of Oregon decided at a conference here Sat- tnrday. college for the benefit of firemen will-, be; established, tn Oregon. It .plans -voted - upon, are canted 'out.; "- MISSING Southern Section Gale Reported to be Heading North Along Coast of U. S. After Leaving 1300 Dead and 700,000 Home less in West Indies Area Last Week By The Associated Press A West Indian hurricane such as history has seldom re corded, already having swept over 1,500 miles-of sea and land, dealing d.th and destruction in a hundred mile swath, last night was roaring onward through Florida to new fields, in Georgia and South Carolina. The death toll will run to four figures when the isolation, of Guadeloupe, interior Porto Rico, and Central Florida have been conquered by relief forces already at work. GflLEDESCRIBEQ Br EYEITNESS Untold Havoc Wrought in West Indies, Trade Com missioner Says By MAJOR J. R. McKAY U. S. Trade Commissioner in - Porto Rico. SAN JUAN. Porto Rico, Sept. 17. (AP). Before the tropical hurricane struck Porto Rico four days ago, the economic situation was bad. The island now presents a picture of physical and econo mic ruin and badly shaken morale as a result of the 12-hour storm of an intensity and duration un parelleled here in modern times. The insular and municipal gov ernment were in debt up to or be yond their legal limits and ability to . pay readily. Sugar, tobacco and coffee farmers were in like or worse conditions and San Juan importers were loaded with the paper of retailere'in the interior. West Lees Damaged The storm is known to have caused great destruction in the eastern section of the island and two-thirds of the central portion. Authentic information has. not been received from the west, but the indications are that the dam age was less there than elsewhere. According to dependable infor mation there has been incalcul able damage to crops, livestock and buildings in the northern and central regions as far as Huma cao. It is safe to say that the coffee crop was largely lost and the trees severely injured. Citrus fruit trees were stripped of their fruit and foliage. The younger trees generally escaped other in juries but many of the older ones were broken off or uprooted. Electricity Cut Off The few canning plants which escaped destruction are unable to handle the fallen fruit. They op erate by electric current and that has been cut off. Mountain oranges, cocoanuts, bananas, plan tains, maize and other minor crops, important in subsistance of the people, will not be available for months. Root crops were probably less hurt than others. The damage to sugar cane is probably not great as recent plantings were too small to fall and while the taller cane was blown flat, it will "knee up" and produce a crop. A traveler arriving from Hum- acao said that several sugar mills were flattened and authentic in formation stated that several towns in the central region show ed only a few houses standing. Flight to Rome Postponed Again Due to Weather OLD ORCHARD, Me.. Sept. 17. (AP) Postponing their pro posed take off for Rome because of a heavy fog here this morning, the crew of the Itoma spent the day in a final check of their plane and its instruments. A clogged fuel line was repaired today, and the plane brought from Scarboro field to the Hazzard hangar on the beach here. , Cesare Sabelli, flight command er, said tonight the plane would be fuelled In the morning and would take off before noon providing the fog permitted. Calvin Proctor Boston, who has been host to the aviators at his summerTome at Grand Beach to day presented them a silver cord as ajsod luck token. Roger Q. Williams, co-pilot said to newspa permen as he fastened the charm to the Roma's cowl, "I hope I will take this off In Rome." Addition to Power Plant To Cost marly $20,Q06 More than tlt.lt 0 wm be putktlowatt transformer to he into the addition to the local plant of the Portland . Electric Power company to take care- or the jeak load- et TOot kilowatts expected this December. 'The new -station will he bout on tne Mill street property Instead of on Cheaeketa. street adjacent to the gas plant. It was disclosed Monday. The additional plant wm do erected -as a- IJfoot extension south of the present bus room, In this new apace wUT be pate ISM Property .damage will reach a stupendous total with Porto Rico alone estimating her losa in excess of $100,000,000. f Ships, farms, factoriess, . roads, power, telegraph, tele- . phone, cable, and homes by the hundreds of thousands have been wrecked, torn, broken and fiat- tened by the wind. Tidal waves hare struck. Starting to the eastward of the curve of the Windward Islands, September 13, the hurricane marched 300 miles a day steadily on over the Leeward and Virgin islands, smashed down on three Quarters of Porto Rico with full strength, menaced the north of the Domonican Republican, re duced the Bahamas to complete silence for four days and trod oa toward Florida. Striking the southeast roast ot that state Sunday with undimin ished fury it hurtled inland, leav ing a wreck behind from which news of dead and injured and ot damage trickled slowly. 33 Known Dead JACKSONVILLE, Fla., Sept. 17. (AP) A known toll of S3 dead, 140 injured, an undeler mined number "rendered homeless and extensive property damage was exacted by the West Indian hurricane that buffeted the lower Florida east coast late yesterdajf and then blasted its way inland available reports showed late to night. An official report from one, of his officers stating that 24 were killed in the lake region caused Col. S. L. Lowry, Jr., commanding the 116th field artillery of Tampa to order out two companies of na tional guardsmen for service ias that area under his personal di rection. Few details were contained in the report, but it was he said that most of those who died lived along the banks, of the lake and that he had seen many bodies re- I moved from wrecked buildings. The mayor of Okeechobee City sent out an urgent appeal for food and medical supplies. At the same time, hurriedly mobilized re lief agencies sped succor to the af fected sectors and organized relief work got under way. V Casualties Add Up WEST PALM BEACH. Fla.. Sept. 17. (AP) Nine are known dead and 140 injured as a resait of the hurricane which swept the Palm Beach section of the Flertdac coast. BARTOW. Fla.. Sept. 17. (AP) J. E. Price, who arrived here this afternoon bringing a message from the mayor of Okee- c We bee City seeking Red Cross aid. said that at least 15 persons had been killed there. Guardsmen On Duty TAMPA, Fla., Sept. 17. AP) Receipt of reports that 24 per sons were killed in the hurricane which swept the Lake Okeechobee, region last night was announced tonight by Colonel S. L. Lowrv. Jr., commanding the 16th field ar- (Turn to Page 2, Please.) Woman Is Killed When Train Hits " Her Automobile' CANBY, Ore.. Sent. 17 t API Mrs. George Bates, 52, was kill ed here today when her automo bile was struck by a Southern Pa- cllic passenger train at a grade crossing in Canby. Her automo bile was carried nearly 200 feet by the engine and lodged again a freight train. Mrs Bates was driving on Weed ' street south of the station, look ing ax a freight train on the side track as she came to the crossing. She apparently did not notice the passenger train coming from the south. She had driven an automo bile but & few weeks. She is sur vived by her, widower ' end three - children. - ? ' s -' brought from the Tabor sub-eta-. Uon In Portland. Construction and Installation is expected to he completed by the middle of Oct. her. " '. v",.f t ti v. v :- " ' : The valuation of the transform er to be Installed la S00, A- . proximately ffvOO of wires and. cables will he put Into the new Vexation which will of itselT cost 111 J Labor, swIUhboarde and switches will brlag the total to approximately $10,000. ;