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SEVENTY-EIGHTH YEAR
Salem, Oregon f Thursday (Morning, November 115, 1928
ic Story Of
TORNADO HITS-
Mentioned for Portfolios' in Hoover's Cabinet
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Bill Permitting U. S Loan for
neiuiiunty ouiiu ex
pected to Carry
Sam7 H. Brown of Marion
County Heads Association
for Another Year
Sam H. Brown of Marion coun
ty was reelected president of the
Drecon Drainage association,
which held Its meeting here Wed
needay as the opening session of
the Oregon Reclamation congress,
Dr. W. L. Powers of O. A. C. was
reelected secretary. J- O. Elrpd,
Portland, was recommended for
election as a vice president of the
matlonal drainage association.
Hone for financial relief for
drainage districts was shown in
the report of Albert H. Ridgway
of Portland, attorney connected
with a number of drainage dis
tricts, that there is good prospect
for the passage in congress of
House Resolution 14116, which
provides for refunding drainage
district bonds through, loans from
the revolving fund Udder the su
pervision of the interior depart
ment. These loans will not re
quire interest payments.
This resolution is not Ideal, Mr
Ridgway said, for it will not per
mit refunding except for estab
lished districts after their bonds
become due, which will work
hardship where the bonds become
due serially, but it will establish
a precedent favorable to the drain
age districts.
The drainage section passed a
resolution nrging enactment of
this proposed law.
Legislation To Aid
Districts Favored
Other resolutions prepared by a
committee consisting of Mr. Ridg
way, Percy A. Cupper and W. G
Brown? and adopted by the drain
age section asked the passage of
legislation in uregon to provide
for refunding taxes on land pur
chased by drainage districts at tax
sale and held without profit; bet
ter regulation for building roads
within drainage districts; and
federal legislation to require fed
eral reimbursement for damage to
dikes caused by navigation.
The principal address of the
afternoon was delivered by M. R.
Lewis, drainage and irrigation
specialist for the U. S. D. A. and
the Oregon experiment station,
-Drainage by Means of Wells." He
stressed the advantages of this
type of drainage as compared to
gravity systems.
Wells are successful in keeping
the water stage well below the
surface over large areas, said Mr.
Lewis; the cost of installation is
about half that of gravity , sys
tems, the effectiveness does not
decrease' so rapidly, and this prac
tice removes less land from culti
vation. The use of wells is spread
ing rapidly. Electric power is
used almost exclusively.
Wells Economical
Figures Indicate
An average annual cost per
acre foot is f 1, with maintenance
running about 17 cents per acre
foot, he reported. An important
point is standardization of pumps
within each district, so as to make
maintenance problems more
simple.
Engineer Canfield of the U. S.
Geological survey told of the run
off studies which this department
is making, the only method of
gauging drainage needs as well as
flood control and navigation needs
and irrigation possibilities.
Percy A. Cupper delivered the
address of- welcome when the!
drainage section convened Wed
nesday morning. President Sam
H. Brown- in lis annual address
paid principal attention to, the
economic side of agricultural
problems in drainage districts. Dr.
Powers cave an outline nf th a
oramage situation in the Willam
ette valley.
The irrigation section will have
Its principal meeting this fore
noon, with a session for state
districts in the afternoon. The
annual banquet will be tonight at
the Gray Belle at 6:30 o'clock.
Actress Shoots
Self Upon Stage
ABILENE. Tex Nov. 14.
(AP) -Mrs. Gene Gladstone, 42,
Fullerton, Cal., actress, fell to--night
In a theatre at Rochester,
near here, with a revolver tn her
hand, a bullet In her heart, as
she' started to walk on the stage.
Members of the cast said she ap
parently tripped and fell, dis
charging the pistol accidentally.
Fisher- county v authorities ques
tioned members of the troupe, who
thought the pistol, a "prop" was
unloaded and believed the shoot
ing inadvertent. '
Meteors Shower
Earth is Report
SAN JOSE, Calif.. NOT. 14.
Ap) It's raininr meteors, scien
tists at Lick observatory said to J ;
nay. me celestial fire was: ris
ible shortly after midnight this
morning in the eastern sky, flash
ing off the constellation Leo,-
Ickle Bhaped group of stars, and
will probably be visible again to
morrow morning.
Human Body and Sharks
Sighted Immediately After
Pair's Rescue
Paal A. Dana, representative
of the Radio corporation of
America in South America, and
a passenger on the Veatrtsv and.
Mrs. Clara Bell, a stewardess
on the Vestrla, were railed the
pluckiest pair he had ever seen
by Captain Schuyler Qnmmlnga
of the American Shipper, who
. rescued them. They hd been
floating in the water - for 22
hours at the time of their res
cue. Dana telle bJa Story of the
foundering and the subeequent
hours of terror In the following
story.
By Paul A. Dana, on a Sick Bed.
as Told to Ijorena A. Hlckok,
Associated Press Staff Writer
(Copyright 1918 by The Asso
ciated Press)
NEW YORK, Nov. 14. (AP)
"Our first night -out, Saturday
night, the Vestris began to hit
rough weather. As the night pro
gressed, the storm got worse, un
til, before the night was over, we
were in the worst storm I ever
saw on the sea.
"It was late that night per
haps a little after midnight that
a thing happened which I believe
started the trouble that ended in
the tragic sinking of the Vestris
"Two big waves hit her simul
taneously, bow and stern. The
ship quivered from end to end.
You could almost feel her wrench
ing. The next day she developed
a leak, and I believe that started
the leak. One of her plates must
have been wrenched loose.
But 5 Passengers
Able to Eat Meal
"It was rough Saturday night
and Sunday was rougher. Only
four of the passengers beside my
self were down for breakfast.
"The minute I stepped out of
my cabin that morning, I began
10 ieei uneasy. The vestris was
listing. I had been on steamers be
fore that listed, but I had never
seen quite such a list before. It
looked bad.
"In the dining salon that morn
ing I ran into Captain Frederick
Sorenson, and we started to talk
things over. He did not like that
list eithefrinasmneh as he was a
sailor, I decided he must know
what he was talking about that
he was a good man to stay with.
We spent most of the day to
gether. Vessel's Ust Grows
Gradually Worse
"Whether the other passengers
were uneasy, I don't know. Most
of tthem were violently seasick
and spent the whole day in their
bunks.
"By the middle of the after
noon while the storm still con
tinued with no apparent let-up
the list had become so pronounced
that all the furniture that wasn't
fastened down in the dining salon
and in the smoking room had slid
over to the starboard side, where
it was crashing around as the ship
rolled.
"I went to bed .about . 10:00
o'clock. After wedging my bed In
to a corner of the cabin so it
couldn't slide around, I got to
sleep.
"My cabin was on the top deck.
starboard side. When I woke up
at 8 o'clock Monday morning there
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TO STJIIT IT
CATANIA, Sicily. Nov. 14.
(AP) Plans for the rehabilita
tion of almost 4,000 persons who
have been made homeless by the
Mt. Etna eruption were in prog
ress today. Revised figures gave
3,952 refugees without work or
housing and the local authorities
are doing their best to aid them.
Much pride is felt here that the
government is assuming the en
tire cost of reparation and is not
calling on foreign and even from
the international Red Cross. Nation-wide
subscription also has
been prohibited. The loss from
the disaster has been estimated at
approximately $18,500,000.
The lava flow was decreasing
steadily today. The main flow
was slowly moving along while its
various branches were making
somewhat faster speed. A new
branch was flowing toward a low.
er portion of the village of Nun.
tiata and was not far from out
lying houses. This branch , was
about 200 feet wide. . "
In a late evening bulletin the
Vulcanological institute an
nounced that the emission of lava
was decreasing steadily and the
stream was cooling. '
At Nunzlata, Punts Lazzo, and
Carrabba the lava has become al
most solid and its flow virtually
has stopped.
Tumble Off Boat
Damns Deckhand
. PORTLAND, Ore.", NoV. 14.
(AP)- William Jones, ; 45, , deck
hand "on the? river steamboat
Gamecock, drowned today -when
he fell from the .. ladder of , the
eraft.'" r-
I
What. . .
They think of-
Mr. Hoover's Trip
To Central and
South America.
w1
'HEN a leading democrat
paid high compliment to
Herbert . Hoover for his
planned goodwill tour of South
America, the New Statesman
agreed that the subject held
much of interest and was open
to differences of opinion. As a
result, reporters selected this
as a question for their tabloid
Interviews today. These ques
tions are no respecters of per
sons or opinions, for they are
asked of anyone available and
they do not, necessarily, reflect
the editorial opinions of the
Statesman.
HAL D. PATTON, of the Pat
ton Brothers book store, said:
"I am more interested In seeing
the cinders' stopped than in
Hoover making a good will tour
of "South America."
MISS BEATRICE OLIN, li
brarian, at the "senior high
school, said. "I think South
America is a direction in which
we need to look more. President-Elect
Hoover's good will
tour strikes me as a very, very
good idea. I think Mr. Hoover
knows more than any one else
where we need te turn our at
tention at this time. South
America, too, seems to me to be
one of the most Interesting
countries and particularly so
now."
W. I. STALEY, president of
the Capital Business college,
said: "I think Hoover's trip to
South America will be a fine
thing commercially. There 1b
a big field for goods from this
country in South America. Hoo
ver will know what to look for
while he Is there. He will
know what kind of information
to bring back for the business
men of this country."
W. H. DANCY, member of
the Salem city council and offi
cial of the local telephone com.
pany, said: "I think sending
Hoover on this expedition Is a
very wise thing to do. Unques
tionably it will develop better
understanding between the
United States and the various
countries to which he is going.
The good feeling that is bound
to result will be of great value,
and the trip will also put him
in possession of first hand
knowledge that will be highly
beneficial to him later on when
he assumes his active duties as
president of the United States."
OSCAR GINGRICH, local au
tomobile dealer, said: "I think
the trip will help Mr. Hoover
get acquainted with the situa
tion in Nicaragua and elsewhere
In Latin America. No doubt he
is being send by the present ad
ministration to create good
feeling between these countries
and the United States. Yes,
I'm strongly in favor of the
trip."
MRS. ELLA HATHAWAY,
art director of the Salem Arts
League, said : "Immediately
after his election Mr. Hoover is
doing again the very thing he
was criticized for during the
campaign running off to for
eign countries instead of stay
ing in the United States where
he is supposed to have his
home. However, he no doubt
needs a vacation right at this
time,"
LAURA L. DOUGLASS, of
the state industrial accident
commission, said: "I think the
trip will do much toward the
establishment of amicable rela
tions between our southern
neighbors and ourselves."
Wreck Survivor
Plans New Try
' At Sea Passage
NEW YORK. Nov. 14. (AP)
Paul A. Dana, who gave to the
Associated Press a graphic de
scription of the sinking of the
Vestris, Is going to try theSoyage
again next Saturday, he said to
night Although he is In bed, under
doctor's orders to keep absolutely
quiet he announced that he would
sail again Saturday .for Rio Jan
eiro, where he Is Brazilian repre
sentative of the Radio Corporation
of America.
Mrs.Millicent
Rogers Ramos is
, Mother Of Son
NEW YORK, Not.'14-(AP)
The Dally News will say tomor
row that Mrs. Mlllicent Rogers
Ramos. Standard Oil heirese, to
day1 became the mother of a son.
born at -the Southampton, uong
Island hospital. - -: - ,
Many Injuries Reported in
Wake of Terrific Storm
in Middle West
Numerous Buildings Demo!
ished as Gale Makes Way
Across State
MANCHESTER, Iowa, Not. 14
P) Mrs. Alpha Hanklnson
S O.Iras crushed to death in a barn
which was demolished late today
when a tornado swept throughout
northeastern Iowa. Meagre re
ports of the extent, of the storm
indicated It struck In successive
sections from the center of the
eastern Dart of the state to the
Minnesota line.
At Chester, la., about 80 miles
northwest of here, two persons
Mrs. Fred Mahrlng and a Rever
end Mr. Allshouse, were injured
and several buildings and homes
badly damaged. '
Cedar Rapids, about 35 miles
south, suffered considerable prop
erty damage, but no casualties
were reported. '
Next Swath' Cut
Eleven Miles Long
: The next word of the storm
came from Vinton, about 25 miles
northwest of Cedar Rapids, where
it was said many persons were In.
jured and homes and buildings
destroyed In a path nearly 11
miles long extending northeaster
ly. There were no deaths, how.
ever.
It was said the storm cut a path
about a quarter mile wide, demol
ished buildings on five farms.
jrrom center Point came re
ports that houses and buildings on
fire farms near there were
wrecked and some blown away.
Mrs. William Herman of Vin
ton, aim her two children were
cut severely when their home was
demolished and sent wreckage
hurtling Into the cellar where
they had taken refuge. The fath
er working in a near by field, es
caped injury. The house caught
fire and burned.
A hired man at the farm of
John Fry, nearby, whose name
could not be learned, received a
broken arm when all buildings on
that place were blown down.
Livestock was killed alone the
entire distance of the windstorm.
3Y FIRE
Damage in excess of $25,000
was caused by a fire which start
ed about 5 o'clock Wednesday
morning i the furnace room of
the Bligh hotel. The interior of
the Bligh billiard parlors was
wrecked completely, and smaller
damage was done to the hotel,
to Leslie Springer's shine shop.
Jack Cloyd's barber shop, Schel's
tie shop and the Western Union
office.
According to Charles Smith,
who was in a nearby building, two
muffled explosions proceded dis
covery of the fire. The cause of
these explosions was not learned.
Smith and Joe Duvall, who was
working in the billiard parlor, dis
covered the blaze.
Guests at the hotel were routed
out by the fire, but the blaze did
not penetrate except in a few
spots above the' first floor. The
fire In the billiard parlor was most
difficult to combat, because the
billiard parlor floor had been laid
above that, of the old Bligh thea
tre which formerly occupied this
space. The fire was nol complete
ly vanquished until l(f o'clock In
the forenoon.
All of the costly billiard equip
ment was ruined and the loss will :
be somewhere between $15,000
and $20,000, It was stated by the
billiard parlor proprietors, B. L.
Cook, B. F. Othus and T. M.
Houston.
This loss was partly covered by;
insurance.
In addition to the damage from
smoke and fire; the Bligh hotel
will suffer from the damage in the
furnace room, which win cause;
. a a a
the building to oe wunoui oeai
until the heating plant can be re
paired. The building is owned by
Chester Murphy of portiano.
Throng Greets
Al Smith Ui,on
His Trip South
WASHINGTON. Nov. 14.
(AP) A large throng of well
wishers. Including Senator Pat
Harrison, of Mississippi, a leader
in the democratic presidential
campaign management, greeted
Governor Alfred E. Smith late to
day during a IE-minute stop in
Washington of the train carrying
him to the Mississippi Gulf coast.
Although the crowd pleaded for
a speech, when ( Governor Smith
walked from the train shed to the
station concourse, he pointed to
his throat and shook his head.
1 ri am going south for a rest,"
Smith told friends; In reply . to a
question If he Intended to play
golf, he said, lne holes is ray
limit and X need sleep more than
golf."
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Political prognostlcators are
administration of Herbert Hoover, while the presidentelect remains silent on the matter. Those
prominently mentioned, shown above, are: 'Senator Borah and Dwight W. Morrow, ambassador; to
Mexico, for secretary of state; Mrs. Mabel Walker Willebrandt and William J. Donovan, both in the
department of Justice, for attorney general; Dwight F. Davis, for reappointment as secretary of war
Colonel Theodore Rooaevelt, for secretary of the navy; Andrew Mellon, for reappointment as secre
tary of the treasury; James M. Good, Hoover's western campaign manager, Tor secretary of agricul
ture; Hubert Work, for secretary of the interior, a nd William F. Whiting, for reappointment as sec
retary of commerce; Dir. Ray Lyman Wilbur, for appointment in the event a new post, that of wel
fare and education, lis i created, and former Senator James W. Wads worth as a possibility.
BONDED STUFF' IS
BUT'
Prohi Investfcator Tells U.
Chapel How to be: Good
to Undertakers
"Suckers are not buying gold
bricks or the Woolworth building
any more," said F. A Hazeltine,
federal prohibition investigator, to
Willamette university , students
Wednesday afternoon at chapel.
They are buying booize guaran
teed by the bootlegger as bonded
or Imported stuff wheni in reality,
it Is plain moonshine colored. If
the smoky Scotch flavor is wanted
little creosete is added.
"Labels and the right kind of
bottles arc obtainable in any quan
tity to ijnltate the-real thing. "Old
Crow" is not on the market any
more but there is plenty of "Old
Rat" and "Old Hen," he said re-1
f erring to the dead rats and poul
try he has found in the bottom
of mesh barrels. "Buying a drink
now is simply an act of business
courtesy for the undertaker or for
the oculist, for blindness which
can't be cured, results from drink
ing, as the wood alcohol has a
strange affinity for the veins of
the eye balls and atrophies the
veins. . J
"As an evidence of. how prohibi
tion was working a quart of real
rye whiskey cost in saloon days
1.70 and now moonshine colored
like rye costs $7 and while real
gin cost 95 cents a quart, the syn
thetic stuff costs $4.00."
The speaker praised the effi
ciency of the Oregon law and the
degree of enforcement! he had
found In most of the state. Also
he praised the state prohibition
agents and the consequent need of
federal agents only for special
conspiracy and abatement cases.
Californians pig
Out of BigiSnow
TREK A, Calif., Not. 14. (AP)
With some snow falling, and
with the threat more prevailing.
Siskiyou county started today to
dig itself out of the white drifts;
Mail was carried by; pick mule,
and telephone communication was
restored early tonight. The snow
varied four inches to three , feet in
the mountains. The weather was
the coldest at this time off the year
at Treka In 20 years, i
Tax Ratio Here
at 57
.'. Marion county's tax i ratio for
1928 remains the same as in 1927
according to the announcement of
ratios for all counties In Oregon
announced by the statei tax com
mission Wednesday night. , The
ratio of assessed valuation to ac
tual valuation In this county was
fixed at 67. Only two counties In
the state changed their; ratios ma
terially;. Lake county's ; Increasing
five points and Wasco's, being re
duced -five, points.
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WrLLJAM J
AjVt-t-'
If VW-W
scratching their heads over the
Beauty and Good
Works Voted for
By W V. Students
Take your choice! The.
three beet looking girls at
Willamette university are
Maribelle Quinn, Virginia
Edwards and Ruby Laugh
lin. Fellow students pick
ed these winners by bal
lot at a chapel period and
then voted Merle McMuI
lin, Harold Schonip and
Howard Kurtz the three
best looking men students.
But the most popular
girls on the campus are
Virginia Edwards, Frances
McGilvra and Jean White,
while Chuck DePoe, Wil
lis Hathaway and Ken
neth Litchfield take male
honors.
Girls and men who have
given greatest service to
the university are: Elsie
Tucker, i Frances McGil
vra and Virginia Edwards;
Harold Shellhart, WilUam
SrauIIin and Kenneth
Litchfield. There were
25 men and 26 women in
the contest, conducted by
the' Collegian, college
newspaper.
UNIVERSITY DEGREE
WASHINGTON, Nov. 14
(AP) An honorary degree of
doctor of laws was conferred upon
president Coolidge late today by
Catholic University of America
when he attended the inaugura
tion of Monsignor James H. Ryan,
as the new rector of the institu
tion. ' !
The degree was conferred upon
the chief executive by. Archbishop
Curley of Baltimore, counselor of
the university, in the presence of
the , highest catholic prelates in
America- . i
Cardinals O'Connell of Boston,
Dougherty of Philadelphia and
Hayes of New York and Monslg
nor L Fnmasonl-Biondl, apostolic
delegate to the United States,
wearing the full regalis of thefr
positions, greeted Mr. and .Mrs.
Coolidge at the university hall
and accompanied them In the pro
cession to the platform where the
ceremonies took place.
Coquille River
RisesSteadily
Bringing Relief
MARSHFIELD. Ore., Nov. 14.
(AP) Heavy rains of the past
week have ! raised the Coquille
river to such an extent that the
white cedar log congestion In the
Middle Fork- has been relieved.
More than thirty-five million feet
of loa-s had accumulated in the
stream. i
Five thousand pieces have
come .out day after day since the
rise in the rlTsr, until the situa
tion Is such that logs needed for
mllllna and export can be had
v-easily;, f tr , .. . -
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ten
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Cxi
Wilbur
selection of cabinet. members for the
KIMBALL
T
TO BE MfflSlED
Training School for Ministers
to Get Attention All
Over District
Sunday, November 18, Will
mark the opening of Kimball Bud.
get month, according to President
John M. Canse of the Kimball
School of Theology. The tpuT
Sundays following Armistice Sun
day this year have been designat
ed for observance as Kimball days
in all churches of the Oregon con
ference of the Methodist churjeh,.
Each church in: the conference has
been asked to set aside one ser
vice on any of these Sundays for
presenting the needs of the theojlo
gical school. The program for this
year will require that $11,000 In
free will offerings or pledges be
raised during the month's cam
paign, j
According to a bulletin recent.
ly issued by the Kimball school
the daily needs of the Institution
are $30.02 above wnat is provid
ed by the board ofeducation of
the Methodist church and from
earnings of the endowment. A re
quest will be made during one
campaign to enroll people wjh0
will assume the financial burden
of the school for one day. The plan
has been, used in the past, - and
Dr. Canse reported it as growling
In favor. Supporting Friendships
of $100 each are also being made
widely each year. j
Pastors throughout the north
west are being urged to place
Kimball and Its needs on their
church calendar for each year,
since the school here Is the only
Methodist training School for
ministry In the northwest. At tjh
general conference of the churh
held In Kansas City last May, re
solutions were adopted for giving
stronger support to all the theolo
gical schools In the country. ' I
In the drive to be maae tnis
month,' the effort will be made
for both cash contributions and
for pledges to be paid during the
vear. This week bulletins giving
information about the school and
its work were sent to pastors and
laymen throughout the northwest
Dr. Canse and members of tne
Kimball faculty will preach In sev
eral churches during the cam
paign.
Mrs. Lockwood's
Pardon Plea To
Be Heard Today
Governor Patterson today will
hear the pardon application of
Mrs." Ruth Lock wood, who Is ten
der two years penitentiary sen
tence for involuntary manslaugh
ter.- Mrs. Lockwood was eonvicled
of running down and killing May
nard Sawyers, Salem druggist,
more than a year ago.""" - ;V-4k
Judge JPercy Kelly of the Ut
Ion county circuit court recently
refused to grant Mrs. Lockwood?
oarole. whereupon she filed a .pe
tition' with Governor Patter ot.
asking for a pardon.
Many Lives Could Have Been
Saved by Proper Pre
cautions, Charge
Numerous Incidents Related
by Survivors Upon Ar
rival in New York
LATEST DEVELOPMENT
Rescue ships land 146
survivors, 4 6 of them pas
sengers, at New York.
Passengers arriving in
New York charge Captain
and crew of Vestris, with
inefficiency. indecision
and delay; owners in
London deny.
United States attorney
In New York orders Imme
diate investigation.
Death list placed a t
108; three coast guard
destroyers remain off Vir
ginia capes in hope o f
finding survivors or bod
ies. Tanker Myriam nearing
New York with 64 addi
tional survivors.
Battleship Wyoming
steaming to Hampton
Roads, Va., with eight res
cued. NEW YORK, Nov. 14. (AP)
Charges made by surviving pas
sengers of the Vestris, which are
to be investigated by the federal
authorities, include:
Failure to ask aid in time.
Delay in abandoning the sink
ing ship.
Failure to warn passengers and
crew of danger.
Defective life boat equipment.
Flares In life boat said to be wet.
Lantern in one boat, but no oil.
One boat broken to pieces when
it capsized. One boat leaking.
Failure to close bulkheads
tightly before liner sailed. AIM)
charge bulkheads were weak.
Mishandling of life boats, al
lowing some to dangle in midair
until passengers were spilled or
ship Bank.
Misconduct by some members
of crew in failing to assist persons
struggling in water.
(By the Associated Press)
Here and there in the stories by
the Vestris' survivors were little
human incidents that ' sparkled
brightly against the background
of terror, distress and death. For
instance, Alfred Ramos, an Argen
tine student on his way home to
Buenos Aires, was thrown into
the water when his lifeboat
smashed. The immersion didn't
trouble him, because the water
was warm, but he was bothered
by the fact that the dye from his
bright necktie insisted on running
and discoloring his shirt. Ramos,
wearing a lifebelt, floated "10
hours before he was picked up.
The young student doesn't in
tend to let a shipwreck interfere
with his return home from a New.
York vacation. Walking Into the
Lamport and Holt offices this
noon he told the booking clerk:
I want to engage passage ovr
again'
Water of Gulf
Stream Very Warm
The ocean Is an austere hont.
especially to men and women sud
denly introduced to it after en
joying cosy quarters aboard ship.
But It might have treated the Ves
tris' survivors more severely than
it did.: The steamer sank in the
Gulf stream, and passengers and
crew were unanimous in saying
tne water In which many spent
long hours of Waiting was really
warm. Some even preferred to
hang over the sides of lifeboats,
for the ocean was warmer than
the air.
There was one horrible draw
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Carrot Canning
Under Way Here
AtPaulus Plant
Besides the three Salem canner
ies running on apples, one of
them going with night and -ay
shifts, and likely to keepon run
ning till the end of the year, tne
Paulus cannery Is running full
handed on carrots.
The supply is large, ana im
plant will run on carrots lor
about three weeks yet, with also
some .parsnips. '
No onions will be canned in is
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year. The price is too nign to w
mlt of any profit in canning them.
Pair To Be Tried
On Death Charge
ENTERPRISE. Ore., Not. 14.
f API Warrv Newberg of La
Grande, and Fred Black. ,a tran
sient, "will go to tnai nere oa -
sember , charged with second de
gree murder, the result of the
death of . Leonard Olsen of Los-
Jne,' during the deer season. u
en was shot to1 death. - The men
m 4kw miitaak him for a deer.
Olten was riding a whHe horse at
jlrht when he - was latauy
wounded.
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