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Oregon Statesman is aa A.
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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
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-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,
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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
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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
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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
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CMS
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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-
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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. ;