Salem Merchants are Beady for Tonight's Spring Opening
be the Greatest Ever- Held Here
SPRING OPENING
EDITION
Two sections, spring fashion
new3 10 pages; General
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WEATHER
Unsettled today. Frequent
ralas. Cooler. Wind, south-'
west. Max. temperature Wed
eaday 0; mil. 40; river
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"No Favor Sways Us; No Fear Shell Aae" SST SSlt
SEVENTY-EIGHTH YEAR, NO. 317
Salem, Oregon, Thursday Morning, March 21, 1929
PRICE FIVE CENTS
Which
Will
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KIT
WILL
SEE STORES IN
GALADISPLAYS
4th Annual Opening Under
Ad Club Sponsorship
at 7 o'clock
Special Attractions Include
Treasure Hunt Along
With Prizes
Tonight's the night!
The treasure hunt seekers will
bp nut. The boys' and the girls
bands will be there. Those who
want new spring outfits is there
nnvone who doesn't? will parade
f,f streets. Every merchant who
F.rks spring trade will hover
nbout to see the effect of his dis
plays on the crowd..
All In all it will be a great -eve-rin?.
this fourth annual spring
opnint? and window display spon
F ired by the .Salem Ad club.
Y.::: Year Sees
Fmiert Crow
Kacn year the project has
prown, each year there lias been
more cooperation between mer
chants, until in the spring of 1929
the month of March. "the largest
and best affair ever held is ready.
Music by the bands of the sen- ,
for and Parrlsh junior high schools
will start at 7 o'clock while the
window unveiling and displays
will open at 7:30. Then and there
will be displayed the winning
numbers which will entitle ticket
hofders to valuable prizes offered
by scores of Salem merchants.
This year Salem .auto dealers
are departing from the practice of
former years when an auto 6how
was held on the streets. In its
place has been substituted an
"open house" In which each deal
er will throw open his show rooms
for display of all the new models.
Treasure hunt prizes and some
special features will be offered at
these dealers' homes and it Is ex
pected that hundreds of people
will attend the showing of the
season's newest autos.
Annual Spring Iance
Set for O O'clock
Promptly at 9 o'clock an annual
soring opening dance will be stag-,
ed at C rystal Gardens' 'With the
Royal Knight's orchestra, well
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L. L. Jensen, local contractor,
i-j appointed temporary building
in '" tor Wednesdcy by the build-i-'z
ode committee, following the
i nation of William Laing.
M rubers of the committee are
V.;l Armpriest. Cuyler Van Pat-i-n.
W. M. Hamilton and Connell
I yt r.
Mr. Laing, chosen by the city
roiineil in February for this office
paid in his letter of resignation
th.it the state board of control
wished him to complete his pre
vious contract for inspection work
on the eastern Oregon tubercu
losis hospital, now under construc
tion at The Dalles.
A permanent successor will be
considered by the council after It
ar ts on Mr. Laing's resignation at
the next meeting, April 1.
Raid Nets Ten
Pints of Liquid
And 2 Prisoners
Nins pint bottles of alleged li
quor were confiscated by the po
lio in a raid at 1163 Waller
meet Wednesday night, and Mrs.
Jennie Strong was arrested on a
charge of having liquor In her
possession. S. V. Haines was ar
rested In the same raid when a
pint bottle partly full of alleged
liquor was found in his possession.
Ferry street is becoming a po
pular plyee for automobile thefts.
A Studebaker coupe with license
21-543, belonging to the Califor
nia Packing Co.. and a Buick mas
ter coupe with license 20-625, be
longing to Carl F. Gerlinger of
Dallas, were . stolen from that
street Wednesday night.
ISEIi MED FOB
BUILDING OVERSEER
Constitutionality of Law
Consolidating Schools Not
To be Tested in Suit Now
Constitutionality of the merger
aw placing all Institutions of
higher learning under one board
will not be tested by a trial suit
at the present time.
This was announced by Frank
J. Miller of Albany, after a con
ference with Governor Patterson
Wednesday.
U had been reported that a
friendly suit would be proposed to
clarify certain sections of the law
relating to the receipt and dispo
sition of the funds of the fire ed
ucational Institutions.
"Law Thought Proper
novrrnor Patterson Indicated
" t if such a suit was fUed It
Grand Old Soldier
Of World War Dies
A fter Long Illness
Ferdinand Foch, Field Marshal Allied Armies
And Conquerer of Von Hindenburg,
Taken in 5eventy-Eighth Year
PARIS, Mar. 20. (AP) Ferdinand Foch, generalissimo
of the allied armies in the World war, died peacefully
just as the sun was going down at 5:50 o'clock this evening.
The man who led to victory "the greatest aggregation of
armies ever assemvicu, iua
ever
away quietly with his family about
him and. devout Catholic that He
was, with his mind and soul at
peace after his lost confession to
his parish priest He was in bis
seventy-eighth year.
He lay tonight at rest in the
field uniform of a commanding
general. His face was strikingly
more peaceful than at any time
since death began the struggle to
claim him ten weeks ago.
The great marshal will have a
national funeral, an honor which
has been accorded to only five
Frenchmen previously. Those
men were Presidents Carnot and
Faure; Pasteur, the scientist;
Gambetta, the statesman, and Vic
tor Hugo, the poet.
Corpse Lies Near
That of Bonaparte
The body will lie in state at the
Invalides before the tomb of Na
poleon Bonaparte. There Is lit
tJe doubt that Foch wiU be lald
away in his final rest in one of
the niches of the Crypt where the
great Corsican lies.
Foch was a marshal In the
British army, and honorary title
conferred on him after the armis
tice. Recognition of this was giv
en immediately after his death
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II. P.
WABE INCREASES
Boost in Pay Aggregates in
Neighborhood of Half.
Million, Word
. ST. PAUL, Mar. 20. (AP)--Wage
increases aggregating $500,
000 and affecting 5,500 men In
the northwest, were granted to
day to shop and roundhouse em
ployes of the Northern Pacific
railroad effective April 1.
S. A. Wilder, assistant to the
vice president in charge of oper
ation announced the increases
which range from two to five
cents an hour. The raise was
granted after two weeks of nego
tiations with the associated organ
izations of shop craft employes on
the Northern Pacific system.
Blacksmiths, boilermakers, car
men, machinist?, sheet metal
workers and electricians, their
helpers and apprentices and mis
cellaneous shop and roundhouse
employes are affected. Their pre
vious average wage was 76
cents an hour.
- The Northern Pacific Is the
first of the northern transconti
nental roads to complete wage set
tlements with shop employes. Sim
ilar increases have been granted
by the Burlington, Rock Island,
Union Pacific and Santa Fe sys
tems. CALLES FORCES
CHIHUAHUA CITY, Mex.. Mar.
20 (AP) (By Courier) Agra
rian forces in the states of Chihua
hua and Sonora have risen against
the revolutionists and have formed
small bands to harass the rebels:
Sonora and Chihuahua are un
der rebel control, but It has been
learned here that one band of 200
agrarians battled rebel troops, un
til four of the farmers had been
killed. The rest of the band with
drew and split up bnt are still
roaming throughout Chihuahua,
doing such damage as they can to
rebel troops.
The rebels have been forced to
patrol all railroads, -to keep the
agragrians from destroying them
to hinder the rebel retreat.
pjobably would originate, with
some person not connected with
the state government Virtually
air of the officials have expressed
the opinion that the law is con
stitutional. Although the law becomes ef
fective July 1 of this year, it wa
provided specifically that fh e
funds of the Institutions would not
be disturbed for two years. This
will make it possible to enact cor
rective or ; curative legislation at
the next legislative sessslon. '
Mr. Miller has been a member
of the board of state normal
school regents for several years.
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Beaten At Last
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BE ELABORATE BITE
Entire French Nation Makes
Preparations to Honor ,
War Time Leader
PARIS, Mar. 20. (AP) The
greatest funeral that France has
seen since the Interment of Victor
Hugo In 1885 was being planned
tonight by the French government
as a last tribute to Marshal Ferd
inand Foch. A special meeting of
the cabinet, held immediately af
ter adjournment of the chamber of
deputies, prepared a blU which
will be Introduced In parliament
tomorrow and which will carry a
special appropriation for the ex
penses of the obsequies.
The date, and other arrange
ments such as lying In state, were
left in abeyance because it was
necessary to consult with the gov
ernment of allied countries whose
armies would be represented In
the cortege. It "wiirbe necessary to
allow time for these delegations
to arrive In Paris.
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HEN OFF Slf
SAN FRANCISCO. Mar. 10.
(AP) Dr; WMUam. C. Hassler.
San Francisco health officer, an
nounced today that 14 Fnipinbs
suffering from spinal menengitfs
were taken from the Dollar Liner
President Pierce when It docked
here today from Honolulu,
said the number of cases prob
ably would reach 20.
About S00 steerage passengers
are being held in quarantine. Four
hundred persons were taken from
the ship when it landed at Hon
olulu from Manila and are held in
quarrantlne there. Seven Filipin
os died during the. trip to Hon
olulu and seven have since died.
Thirty-five cases are being treated
at the Isolation hospital at Hon
olulu. Socialist Won't
Pay Foch Tribute
- PARIS, Mar. 20 (AP) One
discordant note in the general
tribute Vf praise to Marshal Foch
was contributed by deputies of
the. extreme left In the French
chamber. . A small hubbub was
caused on the ehamber floor when
Ernest Xafont, Socialist-Commu
nist deputy, reproached "Socialist
colleagues for joining the parlia
mentary homage to Foch.
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TESTS WILLI
IDEOHELL
ITER SUPPLY
Bare Possibility of This
Source Being Used is
N Helwick's Belief
Regular Flushing of Mains
in City Carried on Ev
ery Fortnight
Tests as to the water supply
available, and its quality, in the
well drilled by the Oregon-Washington
Water Service company, on
Madison street, were started Wed
nesday by S. M. Munson. testing
engineer for the Company, who
arrived in the city that day.
The well has been completed,
with a depth o.f 267 feet, and
pumping has been started in con
nection with the tests to be made
by Mr. Munson.
The purpose of the company in
sinking this well was that of pos
sibly' substituting wells for the
present source of Salem's water
supply In the Willamette river.
Since starting the well, develop
ments have tended'toward a deci
sion to continue using river water,
taking it from a new source far
ther up stream and the Installation
of an adequate Alteration plant.
There still remains, according
to J. W. Helwick, vice president
of the water company, a remote
possibility that wells will be uti
lized, and for this reason the tests
along that line are to be contin
ued. All recommendations from
official sources, including the city
health department and the state
public service commission have
been for continued utilization of
the river water, with added pro
vislon for purification.
Source of Water
Thought at Fault
With respect to the public ser
vice commission's report finding
.the source of the disagreeable
taste, smell and color to be iron
f bacteria in the mains, Mr. Helwick
said Wednesday that . the com.
pany's mains throughout the city
have been flushed regularly every
two wee,ks, at every hydrant and
dead end, and that this program
is being continued. The company
Is still convinced that the source
of the trouble ltf at the source of
the water, although it considers
the commission's report unbiased
and, it its essentials, correct.
The company Is continuing its
studies of the problem of filtera
tion and the selection of a new
source In the river. Economic
problems in this connection are
being studied by various depart
ments of the company at present,
with the result that one of three
alternative plans will be adopted.
While the survey will continue
through a number of weeks, Mr.
Helwick said Wednesday that he
felt certain the new system would
be completed and placed in opera
tion before the 1930 season.
MTSTFf MESSAGE
SEATTLE. Mar. 20. (AP)
Search for T. J. Nicely, 22, re
ported suitor of Thelraa May La
mond, 17, Fresno girl who ran
away from her father there re
cently, to join her mother here
and who disappeared last night,
was being made today by Seattle
police.
Police started the search for
Nicely when a rough draft of an
unsent telegram was turned over
to the hotel clerk where he was
stopping. It read: "Gus Lamond,
288 No. Fresno street. Fresno,
Cal., hare party located at 7058,
11th N. W. Mother had girl made
ward of Juvenile court. Mother ap
pointed guardian. Makes bad case
for os. Am waiting chance. Do not
try to communicate until yon hear
from me again. (Signed) T. J.
Nicely."
Attorneys for Mrs. Lamond were
with the prosecutor today rela
tive to filing a kidnaping com
plaint. It was not stated who would
be named.
Murphy, Ex-Head
Of State Legion
: Will Come Here
One of the first American Le
gion members to make reserva
tions for the state department con
vention here in August, was Ar
thur A. Murphy, former comman
der of the Oregon department,
now assistant to the president of
the Union Pacific railway with
headquarters at Seattle. He. , is
president of the Seattle chamber
of commerce.
Word has been received that
"Pod" Maison. executive secretary
of the convention commission,
that the Bend drum and bugle
corps will be entered la the state
wide competition with a personnel
of 28 men nd has procured uni
forms designed on West Point ca
det lines. The Bend corps had pre.
viously voted not to compete this
rear An account of the expense. It
has always been among the lead
ers in the state contest.
CLUE TO KIDNAPING
Alleged Slayer of
Fred L Fox Enters -Plea
of Not Gmlty
NEWPORT, Ore., Mar. 20.
(AP) Arraigned in Jus
tice of the peace court late
this afternoon,' Sylvanus
NeaL faring a charge of
manslaughter In connection
with the death of Fred L.
Fox, farmer, near Harlan,
OreM Monday, pleaded not
guilty to the charge and was
held to the grand jury under
flOOO bail.
A coroner's , jury returned
a verdict today that Fox
came to his death from gun
shot wounds at the hands of
Keal and recommended that
he be held to the grand ju
ry on a manslaughter charge.
The shooting was the cli
max to a neighborhood quarrel.
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STATE IS FORESEEN
Oregon Has Great Chance to
Advance Commercially,
Secretaries Told
EUGENE, Ore., Mar. 20.
(AP) Oregon is ideally located
geographically for development
Into a great commercial state as
well as agriculturally and indus
trially. Oregon is not over producing
any products, but the problem fa
cing the state Is one of marketing.
Co-operatives will be the best
means of solving this problem and
already are making great prog
ress. An excellent plan for gaining
publicity for the state through use
of "home town" newspapers of
tourists who register in Oregon
can be worked out by chambers of
commerce.
These, in brief, were the chief
topics taken up today by chambers
of commerce secretaries at the
ninth annual short course held on
the campus of the -University of
Oregon. The school will continue
the rest of the week with experts
leading discussions on important
state problems each day.
Because of its geographical sit
uation, Oregon can be the natural
gateway to the Orient, Professor
V. P. Morris, professor of econ
omics at the University, declared.
Morris stressed other geographical
advantages of Oregon which in
cludes abundance of water power,
excellent agricultural lands and
factory sites located close to nat
ural resources.
R. H. Kipp, manager of the mar
keting department of the Port
land chamber of commerce, spoke
on co-operative marketing. George
H. Godfrey, news director of the
public relations bureau, outlined
the national publicity plan.
TELL WHOLE STORY
SACRAMENTO. Mar. 20 (AP)
After setting April 8 as the op
ening date of Superior Judge Car
los S. Hardy's impeachment trial
the senate today authorized the
taking of a deposition from Mrs.
Minnie Kennedy whose statements
already have linked the jurist
with several Important phases of
the Aimee Semple McPherson dis
appearance investigation two years
ago.
Arguments whether, or not. to
authorize" the assembly board of
managers proecutlng the impeach
ment case to go to Portland, Ore.,
and take Mrs. Kennedy's deposi
tion kept the senators behind lock,
ed doors for more than font" hours
today.
After the doors were finally
thrown open to the public and
members of the press, a resolution
Introduced by Senator J. M. In
man, permitting the taking of a
deposition outside the state, pass
ed by a Tote of 28 to 10.
Then the board of managers
was asked to explain from whom
a deposition was desired and to
prove that suchtestimony was ma
terial to the pending impeachment
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Rich Kidnaper is
Found Molesting
Numerous Girls
OAKLAND, Cal.. Mar. 20.
(AP) David A. Barnett, wealthy
San Leandro manufacturer con
victed Tuesday of kidnaping 5
year old Bloise Windfeldt. was
identified today as the man who
on various occasions molested lit
tle girls attending the Frickl
school here. This disclosure at
tended attempts of police to link
Barnett with the murder here in
July, 1127. of IS year old Mabel
Mayer, whose mutilated body was
found In a vacant lot.
Police compared Barnett's fin
gerprints with prints of the blood,
stained handbag of the slain gin
but admitted they did not cor
respond "very well." A further
comparison - will be wade tomor
row to determine whether the fin
ger prints are sufficient evidence
against the man to warrant a
charge of murder being placed ag
ainst him, police said. -
FUTURE
Ml KFJEOT MUST
STATE
TON
OUT OFJFFICE
Oklahbma Senators Vote to
Remove Governor After
Extended Trial
W J. Holloway Sworn in
When Final Result of Bal
lot Becomes Known
OKLAHOMA CITT, Okla., Mar.
20. (AP) The second success
ive elected governor of Oklahoma
was removed from office today by
the state senate' court of impeach
ment. The court found Henry S. John
ston guilty of a charge of general
incompetency, preferred by the
house of representatives, and ex
onerated him on nine other char
ges brought by the house. J. C.
Walton, Johnston's elected prede
cessor, was removed in November,
1923.
W. J. Holloway, lieutenant-governor,
was sworn in as Johnston's
successor by Chief Justice C. W.
Mason of the state supreme court
immediately after the senate-court
had completed its vote on the Im
peachment charges. Holloway had
been acting governor since John
ston was suspended from office
two months ago.
Johnston, who as late as last
night expressed confidence h e
would be restored to office, re
ceived the verdict impassively.
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OFFICE BUILDING
- PLAfJ IS ORDEFIED
Construction to Start in May,
Members of Board of
Control Say
Architects Wednesday were in
structed to prepare plans and ad
vertise for bids for the proposed
new state office building to be
erected in Salem this year. Mem
bers of the state board of contral
said that actual construction op
erations probably would get under
way early in May.
The new ouilding will be three
stories high, with exterior finish
similar to the present supreme
court structure. The two buildings
will be Joined by a tower six stor
ies in heighth.
The improvement will cost ap
proximately 1500,000. The law
authorizing the construction pro
vides that $600,000 shall be bor
rowed from the state industrial ac
cident commission and be repaid
out of rentals received from state
departments occupying space In
the building.
Approximately $100,000 of the
money borrowed from the accident
commission will be retained by the
board of control for the purpose
of purchasing a building now oc
cupied by the state printing office
and motor vehicle department.
This building was erected recently
by Dr. R. E. Lee Steiner and p. B.
Jarman, and is under lease to the
state.
GAS PRICE MM
ALMOST ILL ENDED
SAN FRANCISCO, Mar. 20.
(AP) Thought the gasoline war
here was still far from being set
tled, today saw the General Pe
troleum company join the ranks
of the wholesalers meeting the six
cent raise. The Texas company,
however, still was retailing at 10
cents a gallon though officials
here were awaiting advices f torn
Los Angeles regarding the raise,
which they felt certain would
come today.
A variety of retail prices could
be found over, the city today. Gar
agemen, who cjaim they are as
anxious to stabilise prices as oth
er retailers, declared they would
undersell the 20 cent stations by
one cent on til all agreed to charge
22 cents. Several places continued
to retail at 12 cents on tank loads
delivered before the prices went
up.
New J ones Law
Is Used Against
Booze Salesman
PORTLAND, Ore., Mar. 20.
(AP) Charles W. Ersklne, as
sistant United States district at
torney, today made use of the
Jones liquor blU by charging vio
lation it this act to James E.
Fait, aUeged to have sold a quart
of reputed bonded liquor to pro
hibition agents in a downtown
hotel.
Complaint was filed with the
United States commissioner. Fait
was arrested and his bail set at
11500.
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Lindy end Fiancee
To be Married in
June, Report Says
MEXICO Cm", Mar. 30.
(AP) CoL Charles A.
Lindbergh and his fiancee,
Miss Anne Morrow, expect to
be married some time la the
month of June, it is stated
upon the highest authoity.
The place of the ceremony
has nor yet been decided.
Anne Morrow will be a
June bride bnt she and Col.
Lindbergh have not yet de
cided whether the marriage
shall be solemnized in Mex
ico City or in the United
States. The colonel is expect
ed to fly back to Mexico City
at least once and maybe
twice to lslt his fiancee be
fore June.
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LEADEROF REBELS
General Jesus M. Aguirre,
Vera Cruz Chieftain, is
Taken in Custody
JIMINEZ. Chih., Mar. 20.
(AP) The eapture of Guadala
jara, and Puebla, the towns near
Mexico City and start of a move
ment of rebel forces In the state
of Nayarit, Guanajuato, Michoa-1
can, Zacatecas and Jalisco toward
Mexico City, was reported at rebel
headquarters here tonight.
JUAREZ. Chih.. Mar. 20.
(AP) The city of Puebla, capital
of the state of that name, has
been occupied by rebel forces, it
was stated at revolutionary head
quarters here tonight.
MEXICO CITY, Mar. 20 (AP)
An official report was received at
Chapultepec castle tonight that
General Jesus M. Aguirre, princi
pal rebel leader in the state of
Vera Cruz, was captured at 5:40
p.m., today, at Aguacatillo, Vera
Cruz.
The capture was made by Gen
eral Eliodoro Hernandez and Gen
eral Acosta, commander of the
federals in Vera Cruz, said that
the prisoner was on his way to the
federal headquarters camp where
he would be courtmartialed.
General Aguirre's brother Simon
also a rebel leader, was captured.
and executed about ten days ago.
MEXICO CITY,. Mar. 20 (AP)
Rebel forces under General It
nrbe have been sighted outside the
city of Masatlan and the federal
garrison is in its trenches await-
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IS
PUT UNOFJ ARREST
LOS ANGELES, Cal., Mar. 20.
(AP) Alice White, blonde
screen flapper, was halted by po
lice, who seized her automobile,
while she was on her way to court
to appear as an exhibit in a dam
age. suit against Mae Murray,
screen actress, here today. i
The police took the car because
Miss White had not obtained 1929
license plates for it. Sylvia Ulback,
Hollywood masseuse, was suing
Miss Murray for 82100, claiming
she had been released without
cause- and final reimbursement.
Miss Murray countered with the
claim that Miss Ulback is not a
good masseuse and Miss White,
who is receiving treatments from
her, was to offer herself as proof
that she Is being kept in fine trim.
The case was continued until to
morrow.
Texaco Gasoline
Kept t Former
Rate at Present
PORTLAND, Mar. 20. (AP)
The Texas Oil company tonight
was the only major oil company
holding to the wholesale price of
gasoline six cents lower than any
other concern.
C. L. Coppage, vice president
and general manager of the com
pany, who was in Portland to
night, said he saw no immediate
boost in the price of Texas pro-
ducts.
FEDERALS
SCREEN
Henry L. Stimson, Final
Member of President's
Cabinet, Arrives in U. S.
By L. E. CLAYPOLL
Associated Frees Staff Writer
SAN FRANCISCO. Mar. 20.
(AP) Henry L. Stimson, governor-general
of the Philippines,
who, as secretary of state, will di
rect the foreign policy of the Unit
ed States under President Herbert
Hoover, arrived here today from
Manila en ronte to Washington.
After a year in the Philippines
from which vantage point he stu
died not only this country's colo
nial problems but our relations
with the entire far east as well
Colonel Stimson came home eager
to assume the new duties to which
President Hoover has assigned
DEATH TOLL IN
0IM0T1N
CRASH IS HIGH
Nineteen Killed in Horrible
Collision Upon Canadian
National Railway
More Corpses May be Found
After Debris is Cleared
Away by Rescuers
TORONTO. Mar. 20. (AP)
A constantly mounting death tori
tonight continued to add to the
horror of the wreck of two Ca
nadian National railroad exprc-s
trains today at Drocourr, near
Parry Sound, Ont.
The death of Express Messenger
Strutt brought to 19 the total T
dead which had been mounting
gradually during the day. A
score or more were reported In
jured and it was thought possible
that more 'bodies would be found
under the wreckage.
The two express trains came to
gether head-on just before dawn
near the little way station of
Drocourt, 4 6 miles northwest ef
Parry Sound.
Blame Not Fixed
By Road Officials
Although it had been reported
that the wreck was caused by the
westbound train over-runnliiK a
switch, officials of the road said
the cause had not been deter
mined and A. E. Warren, general
manager of the central region of
the road, pointed out that the en
gineers and conductors of both
trains were men of long experi
ence and clear records.
Harrowing stories of how pas
sengers caught in the burning col
onist cars could be heard scream
ing until death cut short tnt-ir
cries were told by other pas
sengers who were taken to Parry
Sound in relief trains.
"One woman could be heard
screaming until she burned to
death," H. E. Harcourt, a pas
senger said. "It was terrible. I
saw several bodies burning in the
wreckage."
Uninjured Passengers
Perform Heroic Work
The uninjured passengers In, the
sleeping cars, who were aroused
from their sleep by the shock of
the impact, worked heroically in
the cold and snow removing the
Injured from the burning cars,
Harcourt said.
Paul Gauvreau, engineer on the
eastbound train, who was brought
here In a serious condition with
both legs broken and his body
badly cut and bruised, said the
first intimation he had of the dis
aster came when he saw the head
light of the westbound train bear
ing down on him. He remained
at his throttle until Just before
the crash when he attempted to
leap but did not clear his engine,
which toppled over on him.
REBELS Jlf CALLES
RETREAT IS CUTOFF
JUAREZ, Chih., Mar. 20--(AP)
Revolutionary headquar
ters today reported that the army
of General P. Elias Calles, pursu
ing the main insurgent columns
through Durango, had been lse-
lated through a coup by the rf bet
forces.
General Jose Gonzalo Escobar,
the rebel commander, declared hH
forces had seised the railroad and
cut telegraph lines, In central
Mexico disrupting communication
between the federal army and its
base of operation.
The rebel forces, who reached
Jlninez-last night from the desert
town of'Escalon, carried out the
operations of isolating the Calle
army with concurrent cooperation
from their allies In Zacatecas,
Aguas Calientes, San Luis Potosi,
Jalisco and Michoaean, said the '
report announced at rebel head
quarters. OAS PRICE UP
MARSHFIELD, Ore., Mar. 20.
(AP) The price of gasoline
jumped to 28 cents a gallon here
later yesterday. The new price pre
vails over Coos Bay and the Ce
qullle valley.
him. But he said that his eomlaa
was not wholly devoid of regret,
as he left behind him many fine
friendships mads daring his tour
of duty.
Declines to Talk
Affairs of Future
The new cabinet chief asked ta
he excused from discussing the. fu
ture. To talk of that before he has
taken his oath-of office of per
sonally t discussed with his chief
his approaching tasks would, hs
his oplnibn. be unseemly, and meet
of the reporters who besieged hisav
for an Interview agreed with lilaw
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