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WEATHER
Fair today and Wednes
day, temperature unchang
ed; Max. temperature Mon
day 89, Min. 46, north wind,
river -S.1.
FOUMDED 1851
EIGHTIETH YEAR
Salem, Oregon, Tuesday Morning, September 2, 1930
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UESTIOMI
SHIFTS COURSE
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Veers to 'Miss Storm, Said
In Dispatches; Half
Way to New York
Confidence Felt for Coste
Attempt to Hop Over
Atlantic Ocean
PARIS Sept. 2. (Tuesday)
(AP) The air ministry an
nounced this morning: Captain
Dleudonne Coste had given tbe
position . of his plane, the Ques
tion Mark to the wireless oper
ator aboard the steamer Jacques
Cartley at 4:00 a. m.," GMT.. (11
p. m., Monday EST.) as 4S
north 41:11 west, route 272.
The. position given Is about
1725 miles east of New York,
and position siren Indicated a
sharp southward turn to the
plane's course which within a
few hours placed It far fcto the
south' of the usual -course off
the Newfoundland coast, and set
It almost due east of New York.
It was presumed the change
was to obtain better weather
conditions.
parts, Sept. 1. (AP) The
line Rochambeau tonight wire
lessed the air ministry that at
7:20 p. m., (GMT) (2:20 p. m.,
EST) Captain Diudonne Coste
radioed that he had run between
two cloud banks and was going
to Teer toward the north for
better weather.
. PARIS, Sept. l.--(AP) Far
out orer the Atlantic ocean to
night, winging toward America,
Captain Dleudonne Coste. and his
flying companion, Maurice Bel
lonte. In the famous "Question
Mark" sped along the lower edge
of the great circle to repay the
Ylsit of the Lone Eagle of 1927,
Charles A. Lindbergh.
The Tallant Frenchmen bore
with them as they raced through
the darkness the hopes of mil
lions of French people who
grayed for their success and be
ared they would complete with
out disaster the westward Toy
tge on which Coll and Nunges
ser went to their untold fate one
month after the Lindbergh
night.'
Steamships' wireless operators
were alert for messages from
the radio-equipped plane which
took off at 4:54 a. m., EST.
From Lebourget, passing oyer
Ireland some fire hours later
and was lost to sight In the
heavy skies beyond Valentla.
projecting far into the Atlantic
n the northern point at the
mouth of the river Shannon
which evidently the birdmen had
followed from Limerick. Before
night fall two liners had been
In contact with the fliers, the He
le France and St. Therese.
VENTURA WELCOMED
SAN FRANCISCO, Sept. 1.
(AP) The Matson liner Ventura,
rescue Teasel of the stricken
steamship Tahiti, that foundered
two weeks ago In the wastes of
the South Seas, swept through the
Golden Gate this afternoon to re
ceive a tumultuous welcome.
PAUL SMITH SECOND
PORTLAND, Sept. 1. (AP)
Charles Anderson of Sherwood to
day won the annual labor day hike
here. He walked the 42 miles In
7 hours, 2$ minutes and IS sec
onds. - . , .
Ptul Smith of Gates, Ore., who
has won the event twice, was sec
ond, one minute and seven sec
onds behind Anderson.
HHAJDS IAJTHKK LEAGUE
PORTLAND, Sept. (AP)
Thfc Bev. Alfred F. Xnorr of
At-ora, Ore, was elected presi
dent, and. Arthur Shulta, Port
lac&ftwas named Tice president
at the Hlbse of the Luther
League convention of the north
s western district of the Ameri
can Lutheran church here to
day. ' ANIMAL VALUABLE
PKNDLETON. Sent. 1- (AP)
Ponce and sheriffs of Oregon
are on the watch for a hone tniei
' ef the old rariety.
Sheriff Tom Gnrdane of Uma
tilla county reported today that a
' Talnable ronlng horse belonging
to Buffalo Jones, ronnd-up per
former, had .been stolen. The
- horse is a chestnut sorrel, 1 years
old, weighs 1200 pounds, has a
white stripe on the face and a
white diamond en the point of
its nose,
TEACHER yTT.T:g'Ti -rottVALLlS.
Sent. 1. (AP)
O. W. Athey, SB. Portland teach-
wan killed last night when he
1 fell from his automobile after it
' had been struck by anotner, car.
Am hm. Anened the door be slipped
and feU. He received a fractured
, ' skull and a broken leg ana arm.
n resident of the
Portland i High. School Teachers
association and for years had been
I
SOUTH
Ten on Fishing Boat
Drown in Collision
With Freight Vessel
Halibut Schooner Orient Goes Down Follow
ing Crash in Dense fog Near Seymour
Narrows; Three men Saved
SEATTLE, Sept. 1. (AP) The captain and nine
members of the crew of the halibut schooner Orient were
drowned today when that vessel sank south of Seymour
Narrows after colliding with the freighter Admiral Multon,
the Pacific Steamship company offices was informed to
night in a message from Captain P. L. Stevens of the Ad-
; Omiral Nelson.
H PUP JOB
Firemen Save Animal After
Slight Scorching; Three
Grass Fires Sought
An Intelligent and valuable ap
pearing young German police dog,
name and owner unknown, came
very near becoming a "hot dog"
Monday afternoon when the ken
nel to which he was tied lay In
the path of a grass fire In the
southwest corner of Bush's pas
ture. In fact he was already rather
warm and badly frightened when
the firemen rescued him. His own
ers apparently were out of town.
Three grass fire calls kept the
firemen on their toes Monday de
spite the fact that it was a holi
day. One fire, at the foot of Bush
street, spread to a private gar
age and did considerable damage
to that structure. The third was
on the Mission street side of
Bush's pasture.
While the firemen were busy
Labor day, the police were In-J
active for the most part. John
Kufner received a ticket for fail
ing to stop. Louis Wells and Har
vey Autermule were held for in
vestigation after arrest by Officer
Clayton.
Weekend arrests Included that
of W. P. Smith on a charge of
driving while intoxicated, Ed
ward Bellinger, 260 State street,
for speeding and D. James of
Olympla on a similar charge.
ATHENS, Ga. Sept. 1. (AP)
Mayor A. G. Dudley Issued an
order here today, prohibiting the
American fascist organization or
"Black Shirts" from selling its
publication, "The Black Shirt," on
the streets of the city.
In a statement accompanying
his order, the mayor said the or
ganization "has not right to dic
tate to employers of labor." He
said further that "such an anti
social, anti-racial organization, ap
parently set op for the personal
profit of its organizers, will not
be tolerated In the community."
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BUCK SITS Will
NOT BE TOLERATED
Anderson Wins big Hike
Aurora man is Honored
Horse Thief now Sought
. Auto Crashes are fatal
attached to the Benson Polytheeh-
nle school of Portland.
CRUSHED BY TRUCK
ROSEBURG, Sept. Id (AP)
Crushed beneath the wheels
Of his own track. If. R. Rich
ardson, 80 of Drain, was killed
laet night when the vehicle skid
ded out of control near Anlauf.
The truck struck an abutment
and Richardson, was hurled from
the seat. He fell under the
wheels and the track ran over
him. He was employed at Oor
Tallis. PAIR ARRESTED
PORTLAND. Ore.. Sept 1. -
(AP) Joseph Diens, 28, and Rob
ert Gnld, 25, were arrested here
today by secret service operatives.
and charged with counterfeiting.
Officers said the pair admitted
passing counterfeit $20 bills in
Los Angeles, Seattle and Portland.
A search of their hotel room re
vealed 42 counterfeit hills, Will
iam McSwaln. united States spe
cial asent. said. They will appear
before the united states commis
sioner tomorrow.
SALEM NEXT TEAR
PORTLAND, Ore., Sept 1.
(AP) The Oregon association of
the deaf concluded its fifth bien
nial convention here today with
the election ef J. O. Richie of
Portland as president for the next
two years. The 1122 convention
will he held in Salem.
A warning to the public was
issued to the publie during the
convention that an beware of
those -who' make their living by
obtaining - the public's sympathy
under the pretense of deafness.
The association ' recommended
that deaf beggars he reported to
i the police who will see that such
I persons are supported, ,
The captain said the Teasels
collided In dense fog off Sister's
Light, about SO miles south of
Seymour Narrows, between Van
couver Island and the British
Columbia mainland.
Only three members of the
fishing boat survived, he said.
They were taken aboard the Ad
miral Multon wBHh reached Bel
llngham tonight and were being
brought to Seattle by automo
bile. Captain S. H. Rud of the
Orient, and all members of the
crew, Including the nine who
lost their lives, were of Seattle.
The Admiral Mnlton was
bound from Ocean Falls, B. C,
for Bellingham when the colli
sion occurred.
Survivors from the Seattle
schooner crew were Howard
Hansen, Alfred EUingsen and
Edward Landstres. Names of
drowned men were not received
in the message from Captain
Stevens.
Fish Life in Willamette Is
Being Destroyed, Claim
Of Noted Biologist
PORTLAND, Sept. 1 (AP)
Dr. Henry Baldwin Ward, univer
sity of Illinois biologist and form
er national president of the Izaak
Walton league,; said here today
there will be no fishing or recrea
tion on the Willamette river in 20
years if pollution of the stream
is continued by Portland, Oregon
City, and other cities which
dump their waste into the river.
Oregon's income of $6,000,000
per year from the salmon indus
try Is worth $200,000000 figured
on the basis of three per cent div
idends, Dr. Ward said. This great
investment and Its Income to'
Oregon will be eventually wiped
out If the people of Oregon
and Washington, too, do not
clean up their streams by install
ing treatment plants to destroy
their waste, he said.
Situation Held
Extremely Serious
"We must destroy pollution, or
pollution will destroy us," he
Quoted another authority, and his
friend, William L. Pinley, Port
land naturalist, sitting beside
him, concurred. For two days he
is a house guest at the Flnley
home overlooking the Willamette.
Dr. Ward la traveling through
the Pacific northwest as a con
sulting expert for the United
States bureau of fisheries study
ing salmon streams and the effect
of pollution upon them.
A layer of filth, he declared
yesterday, is accumulating on the
bed of the Willamette river,
reaching from shore to shore, and
slowly ruining the spawning beds
and making the water deadly to
small fish.
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LIMA, Pern, Sept 1. (AP)
Augusto B. Legula, who Just
week ago resigned as president of
Peru, on demand ef a military
Junta, today was placed In an isl
and prison where in the eleven
years of his dictatorship he jailed
hundreds of political foes.
The Island is Ban Lorenzo in
Callao harbor and the former pres
ident was removed to It from
the cruiser Almirante Gran on
which he took refuge after his
resignation. There he became ill
and more was delayed until the
17-year-old man's health improv
ed.
Since the revolt has made over
the Peruvian government. Le
go la's political enemies have been
released and new garrisons have
been Installed on the island. De
tachments ox these soldiers came
to the Almirante Gran In two
launches today and put the form
er president aboard for transport
ation to tne prison.
Rath Alexander
Completes hop
SAN DIEGO, Sept. 1 ( AP)
Ruth Alexander completed her
non-stop -.three-flat; flight from
Vancouver to Agua Callente, Mex
ico at 7:11 P.m. She landed her
plane at the border resort about
IS hours and SO minutes after tne
STREAM
POLLUTION
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DISCOVERY OF
EE PARTY
HIS T
Made Historic Find,
Dr. Horn Relates
Bodies of Explorer and his
Aid Mere Skeletons,
Now Disclosed
Oopywright, 1920, and all
rights reserved In North and
South America and Japan by the !
Associated Press.)
' Associated Press Aftenposten !
boat Helmen at SkJaer island, ;
Norway, (by wireless) Sept, 1 -
Dr. Gunnar Horn told the Asso
ciated Press today how two har-
pooners seeking drinking water ;
on bleak White island stumbled '
on the grim solution to the mys- j
terlous disappearance 82 years
ago of the Andree aerial polar ex
pedition.
Leader of a Norwegian explor
ation mission. Dr. Horn reached
this Arctic ocean port today in his
expedition ship Bratvaag with the
bodies of Salomon August Andree
and one of the two men with
whom he set out .to fly over the
north pole in a balloon.
When the Bratvaag reached
White island last month and
dropped anchor among the ice
bergs under Its bare stone moun
tains and its great white peak,
walruses were seen disporting in
the frigid seas and harpooners
were at once put to work. Tak
ing their catch ashore, the major
ity set about preparing the wal
ruses for food and two were as
signed to search out a stream of
drinking water.
First Evidences
Of Party Found
These two walked along the
great white silence until their
eyes fell on a discarded tin can
that seemed so foreign to the des
olate landscape they looked far
ther and saw a brown mound.
They next found a boat hook. On
the shaft of the hook they read
the inscription "Andree Polar Ex
plditlon, 1896."
And so, awed and almost un
believing they knew they had
found the debated answer to one
of the most spectacular riddles
In all the history of exploration.
'it was with strange feelings,"
Dr. Horn said in a statement to
the Associated Press and the Oslo
Aftenposten today "we stood on
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STREET VACATION
ISSUE IIP TOUT
The regular meeting night of
the city council was last night,
but owing to the holiday the ses
sion was postponed until tonight.
The Important matters to come
before the council are the Trade
street vacation and the milk or
dinance repeal. The council
committees which have been
considering these measures have
so far not agreed on recommend
ations. The Vandevort proposal
for repeal of the milk ordinance
has aroused so much opposition.
that It will in all probability be
killed and the ordinance permit
ted to stand.
The vacation of a portion of
Trade street has been a hard nut
for the council to crack. Weeks
ago a poll of the council showed
a majority in favor of the street
vacation, and no subsequent hap
penings are thought to have al
tered that sentiment. The con
tinuance ot the cinder nuisance
has irritated many Salem people
who contend that no concession
should be made to the mill until
the cinder nuisance Is cleaned
no.
Even though tne council
should decide that the petitions
favoring the vacation carried
sufficient names to overcome the
remonstrance filed against It, it
is not at all probable that the
remonstrators may seek to stop
the proceedings by court action.
Silverton man
Is Injured in
Head-on Crash
JEFFERSON, Sept 1. (Spe
cial) In attempting to pass
truck at the foot of Terhune Hill,
a mile and a half north of Jef
ferson, the automobile ot air. and
Mrs. W. K. Hamilton and daughter
of Eugene had a headon collision
with the machine ot Mr. and Mrs.
Fan Chandler and son of surer-
ton, about 8 o'clock tonight.
Mr. Chandler was taken to
I Salem hospital, but other passen
gers in both cars received oniy
minor cuts and bruises. Both cars
were badly damaged.
BEDFORD SUICIDES -
NEW YORK. Sept. 1. (AP)
Charles E. Bedford, Jr.. 29. Identi
fied by police as a son of the pres
ident of the Vacuum Oil company,
was found dead in a Brooklyn ho
tel todaT .- under circumstances
which police said indicated suicide,
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Photos by Walter Peterson, Turner
Upper t Remains of touring car in which five Turner women were riding, bound
for work In Salem cannery. Lower: Crossing jost north of Turner where accident
occurred. Wrecked car at aide of track. Group of men standing at crossing where
auto was hit. The paved highway was to left of picture and car was moving from
highway west across the tracks. Picture shows visibility at crossing,
WILLIAM I SLADE
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Father of Local Banker was
Prominent Educator in
Nova Scotia
William R. Slade, father of E.
"Frltx" Slade. died shortly
before 7:20 o'clock last night at
the Deaconess hospital where he
had been since last January,
when he suffered a paralytic
stroke. His condition had not
been considered serious until the
past 10 days.
With him at the time ef his
passing was one of his six chil
dren, Mrs. Gertrude Cameron of
Silverton, and a grandchild. E.
F. Slade was spending the holi
day at Agate beach, and did not
reach Salem until after his fath
er had passed away.
Mr. Slade would have been T8
years old next October St. He
was born in Nora Scotia, where
he lived until coming to Oregon
about 15 years ago, several years
after his son came to Salem. He
was a prominent educator in
Nova Scotia, and was for 18
years superintendent of the Ox
ford schools. Following his su-
perintendency, he engaged in the
clothing manufacturing business
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FLIER PAGE DIES
EVANSTON, HI.. Sept, 1 (AP)
Captain Arthur Page, marine
corps flier who crashed In the
Thompson trophy event at the na
tional air races today, died tonight
at a hospital here.
Page died of Injuries suffered
when his ship plunged to earth
as he was leading the field in
the premier event Of the 10-day air
fair falling in view ot f 0,000 spec
tators. He sustained concussion of
the brain, twice fractured leg and
a broken Jaw and many lacera
tions.
CURTISS-RETNOLDS AIR
PORT. Chicago. Sept. 1. (AP)
Gladys O'Donnell, a flying mother
of Long Beach. CaL, captured the
principal women's honors of the
If 30 national air races today
when she raced SO miles to first
place for the Mrs. Robert R. Mc-
Mormlck trophy and 11.250.
Mrs. O'Donnell flew the same
Waco plane, powered with
Wright J. t-7 motor, with which
she won the women's "powder
puff derby from her home city
last week.
Year is Driest
Ever in Oregon
Excepting 1929
PORTLAND, Sept. 1 (AP)
With the exception of If 29, this
year was Portland's driest since
the weather bureau has been es
tablished here. For the weather
year ending at midnight Sunday
there was recorded but 28.82
inehes ot precipitation. This
12.3 inches short of the normal
81.12. The previous fear was the
1 driest of ell time, hut 28.11 inch-
es being recorded.
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Aviator Maimed by
Gasoline Blast in
Hangar; Once Safe
WKNATCHEE, ,Wih.
Sept. 1. (AP) Once safe
from fire which destroyed his
airplane and hangar here to
day, Robert Oorle, local avi
ator, ran back into the han
gar to fight the blaze and
km critically burned in an
explosion. Physicians feared
ho would not survive.
A lighted match, thrown
near the plane by a friend
of Cole's after he lit a cigar
ette, ignited gasoline fumes
from a container with which
Oorle was filling his tank.
The two fled, but Oorle re
turned to carry out the con
tainer. The can exploded in
his hands, throwing burning
gasoline over his entire
body.
COMMUNISTS ARE
ARRESTED IN L A.
LOS ANGELES, Sept. 1 (AP)
Twenty-six persons, two of them
women who attempted to conduct
communistic demonstration at
the Plasa here today, were arrest
ed and booked at the city Jail on
charges ranging from blocking
sidewalks to criminal syndicalism.
Police under Lieutenant Will
iam Hynes, head of the red
squad, were stationed about the
Plaza and as the alleged com
munists converged on it they were
halted.
Thirty men, women and chil
dren, wearing red scarfs and dis
playing banners carrying pleas
for defense of the red revolution
in China and release of the Im
perial county sabotage plot pris
oners formed a circle about a
speaker on Main street, but were
dispersed.
Several policemen were kicked
and scratched, but no one was
seriously injured.
After the demonstration failed
a meeting was held bythose re
maining at unerty in sr uowntown
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Boyd to Start
Atlantic Trip
Today, is Word
MONTREAL, Sept, 1 (AP)
Captain J. Erroi Boyd arrived
at St. Hubert airport today pre
pared to take off early tomorrow
on a trans-Atlantic flight
He will fly the monoplane Col
umbia in which Charles A. Lerlne
and Clarence D. Chamberlln flew
to Germany in 1827. He flew the
Teteran plane here from Toronto,
accompanied by John O'Brien ot
New York, backer of the ocean
hops, Harry P. O'Connor, navi
gator on Captain Boyd's recent
flight to Bermuda and Joseph
Rowan of New York.
i MISTAKEN' FOR DEER
SHELTON, Wash., Sept, 1.
(AP) Elmer Baxter, well to do
fanner, was in a critical condition
today after being wounded by
Richard Snodgrassr a neighbor,
who who said he had mistaken
Baxter for a deer because ot the
tan cap the latter was wearing.
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Man in Restaurant Believed
To be Marcola Slayer;
Police Searching
PORTLAND. Ore., Sept. I
(AP) The search for Vie Suther
land, 87, fugitive Marcola bootlegger-slaver,
was taken up here
by police today after a report was
received a man answering Suther
land's description had eaten in an
east-side restaurant. Sutherland is
charged with killing Joe Saund
ers, deputy game warden, and Os
car Dudley, Eugene policeman
and deputy sheriff, when the of
ficers attempted to arrest him on
liquor charges.
Mrs. Laura Casey, owner of the
restaurant; William Warner,
cook, and William Mull, a custom
er, were in the eating place when
two men entered. The elder re
sembled Sutherland, they said.
The other man was about . 20
years old.
Resemblance to
Slayer Noted'
Mrs. Casey, Warner and Mull
said they noted the elder man's
striking resemblance to Suther
land as soon as he entered. Mrs.
Casey talked to him a few min
utes and stepped to the telephone
to call police. As she was talking
the men hurriedly paid their bill I
and left in an old automobile. The
elder man ate six waffles.
Those In the restaurant could
not say whether the Sutherland
suspect's hand was bandaged or
appeared to be Injured. Suther
land was shot in the hand by
possemen.
Police were at once stationed
on roads leading to and from the
city and orders went out to stop
the blue and cream "bug-type
automobile If it was seen.
Another report was received by
police today from a service sta
tion that two men drove up to
the station at 4 a. m., ordered 14
gallons gasoline and three quarts
of oil, and drove away without
paying.
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SEEN IN PORTLAND
Charles Becke, Pioneer
Of 1867, Dies at Am or a
AURORA, .Sept. 1" Charles
Becke, Jr., died at his home Sun
day morning at 7:20 o'clock. His
death came suddenly and without
warning. Having awakened early
he talked for a while with his
wife. While she was-about her
early morning duties, he turned
orer and passed away peacefully
and Quietly as he had lived. It was
as if he had fallen. asleep.
Charles Becke, Jr., was born in
the Berman colony at Bethel,
Shelby county, Missouri, in 1854.
He would have been 77 his next
birthday, February 20. He was
the son ot Johanna and Charles
Becke Sr., being one of 11 chil
dren, four of whom are still liv
ing: Edward Becke of Portland,
and Henry Becke, Mrs. George
Gooding and Mrs. Joseph Er belaud
of Aurora, Oregon.
His people moved to Nlnevah.
Adair county, a station of the col
ony in Missouri, -when he was
FIVE DIE
AS AUTO
CRUSHED
Southern Pacific Train Hits
Machine at Turner, ail rri
Party Killed, Were on way
To Cannery Here
Inquest set for Tonight in
Salem; Exact Cause nol
Known as Track is Visi
ble for Some Distance
Death rode with the daws a
Turner Monday morning and
snuffed out the lives of fire Tur
ner women who were riding in
a touring car struck by Southera
Pacific passengertraln No.- 1$.
The tragedy occurred about 8:30.
The train m as late and was speed- '
ing up to make up time. The la
dles were bound for Salem fot m
day's work in the cannery and
had turned to cross the -track to
pick up another member of tbe
party. The names of the - dad
are:
Mrs. Arthur E. Robertson, 41,
Mrs. Betty G. Briggs, 6Z.
Mrs. Lois Robertson Briges, TA.
Miss Allen e Robertson, 17.
Miss Inez Barnett, 15. ,
Members of the party were t
Iated, Mrs. Robertson being the
mother of Mrs. Lois Briggs and
Alleen Robertson, and aunt of
Inez Barnett. Mrs. Betty Briggs
was the mother-in-law of Mrs. Lo
is Zrlggs. All had resided at
Turner for. many years and the
little community was under ' a
heavy pall of grief all day loug. .
Car May Have
Stalled, Belief
The scene of the accident was
where a county graveled road
crosses the main line of the South
ern Pacific Just north of the town.
The track is visible in both direc
tions for a considerable distance,
but runs en a grade several feet
above the roadway, so there is a
rather sharp pitch on both side
where the highway crosses. One
theory is that the car, a Ford
touring car, stalled on the track. -
Mrs. Robertson was driving, and
evidently none of the party saw
the approaching train until it waa
upon them. They had left their
homes In Turner and were geto
to pick up Mrs. T. T. Palmer.
who resides across the track, ad
then come oa to Salem where
they were employed at the Produ
cers' cannery. Mrs. Palmer waa
coming along the road to met
them and was the onlv eve-wit
ness of the tragedy, although she
aid not see the train strike 4'oa
car.
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PORTLAND, Ore., Sept. 1. .
(AP) Ernest H. Meyer, vice
president of the McCorssiote
Lumber company, was stricken
ill here tonight His conditksa
was said to be serious.
Mark Campbell, manager ft
the rail department of the lum
ber . company, happened Into
Meyer's office tonight and feaad
the lumberman slumped dowa la
his chair. He was hurried to a
hospital where he had not e
galned consciousness at le
o'clock. His whole body ap
peared paralysed.
Meyer Is SO years old and has)
been with the McCormlck Lout
ber company 25 years..
At the hospital his conditio:
was pronounced critical.
. Business associates said
played his first game ot celf,
yesterday and appeared in excel
lent health. . .
three years old. When he wsa 19
they came across the plains in the)
covered wagon train ot the ecdoey
that year, starting May I and an
riving at Aurora November J
1887. after six months of trareC
Mr. Becke had resided at Aaaora
ever since. January 28, 1884, la
married Anna Barbara Gleey,
daughter ot John Glesy, and e
them four children- were bora, tb
eldest dying In infancy. TJuwO
living are Aurella Becke Power
of Aurora and Mrs. Edgar Pleree
and Earl Becks of Salem; the lat
ter a member of the firm of Becke)
and Hendricks. He is also surviTd
by four grandchildren, Boberg
Powers of Aurora, Richard Becke
Pierce and Barbara Ann Pierew
and Miriam Jean Becke of TaJens,
The funeral services will
conducted at the Miller chapel
1' p. m. Tuesday, September 3
Rev. Henry' Grafflous, pastor, wiH
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