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Dally average net pala circulation tor
month ending July 31, 1925
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FORTY-SEVENTH YEAR No. 187
OREGON TRUNK
REASONS FOR
IIS NEW LINES
- s
"Railroad Answers Ques
tionnaire Regarding
Necessity of Klamath
Extension.
' Transportation conditions in
central and southern Oregon, from
the point of view of the Oregon
'Trunk railway, and which are the
basis of its application to the In
terstate commerce commission for
a certificate of public convenience
and necessity for the extension of
Its system from Bend into Klam
ath county, are set out in the Ore
gun Trunk's answer to a question
naire by the interstate commission.
A copy of the company's replies to
tho qucstlonnafrc'has been receiv
ed by the Oregon public service
commission.
In a note appended to the an
swer the Oregon Trunk withdraws
Its application as to tho line from
tho so-called junction point G5
miles south of Bend southerly to
and along upper Klamath lake to
Klamath Falls. It has been de
cided that construction of the line
to Klamath Kails via the easterly
route will sufficiently servo the
public convenience and necessity.
The questionnaire states that all
kinds of transportation will be
carried on by tho line, and that
while it Is not yet possible to state
where stations will be located It
Is likely that stations will be es
tablished at La Pine, Crescent,
Bkookum, lieatty, Bonanznn Olene
and Klamath Falls.
llr piles To Question
In reply to a question as to what
common carrier service the above
named places have already, the
answer states: That Skookum has
the Southern Pacific, thnt Olene
has the Oregon, California & least
em, that Klamath Falls has the
Orepon California & Eastern and
tho Southern Pacific, while La
JMne, Crescent, Beatty and Bon
anze have no common carrier ser-
(Contlnucd on Page Slx
Washington, Aug. 7. (A. P.)
Pronounced earthquake shocks
were registered early today on the
seismograph at Georgetown uni
versity beginning at 2:54 a. m,
and lasting until after four
o'clock. The maximum velocity
was attained at 3:54 a. m. The
location was placed by 01 rector
Tondorff at 2,400 milen from
Washington. The direction was
not determiner!.
Chicago, Aug. 7. (A. P.) A
Tather severe earthquoke of an
Indicated distance of 1.840 miles
In a southerly direction from
Chicago was recorded at 1:54 a.
m. today on the weather bureau
seismograph at the University of
Chicago.
The record showed a sharp
movement at 1:55 a. m., four
minutes after the first tremor.
The quake ended at 4, a. m.
GASH REGISTER ROBBED
Eugene, Or., Aug. 7. Thi
Towne Shnppe, local restaurant,
.... I ,! rl,l,,,l nf I7K (n
cash last night. It won reported
to tile police mis morning, -ine
Invader entered through the bark
rutting a screen, and broke open
the casti regirier. i ne rmnjery in
curred some lime between 1 and
J '41) a m
The robbery waa the t.ocond In
ns many nights, the I'.lka lodge
safe having been blown Wednes
day night, and approximately
$200 taken.
DBiVE LOOiOTIVEl
BLAZING WOODS TO ESOfPF
llollingham, Vanh.. Ant. 7.
prow of men 'vcre fore-d drive
o locomotive a quarter of mile
thrnii'rh a solid wall of fire ami
over four wooden br!d;e. one en
which was ablaze, to sav thfn
nrJves fnnn d'Mih when Hie l.v
rr f n Tim her om pa n y n t "
pilles noiith of p"re. w-r iliroyt"!
by a forest fire last night.
C apitalAJoiiiriial
fURN- OF
RL SOUGHT
Proceedings Begun For
Cancellation of Adop
tion of Dorothy Sun
shine Brownings.
New York, Aug. 7. (A. P.)
Mrs. Anna St. John of Rye, N. Y.,
foster mother ot Dorothy Sunshine
Browning, adopted bix years ago
by Edward W. drowning, wealthy
real estate operator, today took
lens looking to the cancellation
of the adoption.
It was with the announced ob
ject of providing a companion for
Dorothy, who is 1 years old, that
Ilrowning recently adopted Mary
Louise Spas, daughter of immi
grant Bohemian parents. This
doplion miB s'nee been made the
subject of Inquiry by the board
of public wellurc.
Mrs. St. John today appealed to
Uird S. Coler, head of the bureau,
to take steps to insure the return
to her ol her daughter.
New York, Aug. 7. (A. P.)
The story of 12-year-old Sylvia
Mullen that Edward W. Brown
ing, wealthy realtor, had promised
to adopt her, was denied by
Browning today. He also denied
the girls account of a party last
night with hi in and his newly
adopted daughter, Mary Louise.
"There was no party last night.
Browning said. "I retired early
and the last time I saw the Mul
len girl was In my office yester
day." Sylvia, a blue-eyed girl with
flaxen bobbed hair, who disap
peared from her home yesterday
morning, returned in the email
hours today, She explained her
long absence by saying that she
had been the guest ot air. drown
ing and Mary Louise at a party
and then with flushed cheeks and
sparkling eyes, announced that
Daddy ' Browning hod promised
to adopt her within two weeks.
Promises Adoption
"Mr. Browning made me very
happy," said Sylvia. "He said
that i just two weeks he Is going
to adopt me. Then I, too, will bo
a sure enough Cinderella.
"Oh, I want a real education so
much and 1 so want to etudy
music.
"Mother couldn't earn enough
to give me these things, and I had
given up hopes when Mr. Brown
ing told me I was to be Sylvia
(Continued on Page Five)
TENNESSEE ACT
IN I). S. COURTS
Knoxville. Tenn., Aug. 7. (A.
P.) The Tennessee evolution case
wag brought to federal court to
day when John It. Neal, nttorney
representing John H. Wllpon, a
taxpayer, filed a bill in federal
court seeking to test the constitu
tionality of the Tennessee act
against the tenching of evolution
in the public schools of the state.
Governor Austen Peay. Attorney
General Frank M. Thompson and
District Attorney Thomas L. Stew
art of the Dayton district, are
made defendants by the hill.
BY MOTHER
Dredge Mataloma to
Start Work Clearing
Channel In Willamette
Announcement wa!V made today,
that the Mataloma, government
dredge which has been lying idle
at the dork In Portland nil year,
will be p;it Into cpiuiition and nlac
fd nt work dreJgintt the channel of
th.; Will. in. elU river in ;iablc the
Norhwfvtdn to make Its complete
run hot we n Portia nl and S.i'em.
The d red ye will be at work within
10 liny.; or two vick, according to
the nnn'omeenint. l-ied Kirr,
prp.-id. iiL of the S;.U-ni Nv. lotion
compiny. r"t.m.Tt''tl this morning
that tlic ri . e, ehr.nnel 'should he
rli r u lh!u two wei-kfl aftT the
vp'k :h n-'" iln itccfln.? wnrl:.
i.. : . n In fioni (lie
fir.il 1 1. at ti.e Mat.iloma should be
n n n-
NUN
"Pay Up or Go To
Jail" Says Judge
Who Walks Out
"This fellow will either pay up
what he owes on the support of
his two children or go to jail."
So saying Judge McMahan rose
from the bench and walked out of
the court room in the middle of
taking testimony n contempt pro
ceedings against John Olson, Polk
county rancher this morning.
'You can go on and let the
court reporter take the testimony
for the record if you want to,'
said Judge McMahan, "but I've
heard enough. I know the facts
and that's all I want to know."
Olson, the defendant, came into
the court room with hia almost
child bride of a week, having been
SEEK TO ELECT
TO
The election called for this
evening of dr.tinage district direc
tors for the new Salem drainage
district promises to be a live one
from recent developments.
It has been learned that W. H.
Steusloff, owner oi 150 acres in
the district and one of the signers
of the origina' petition, has re
versed, hie position in the matter
:md is not as keen lor the district
as formerly. In fact the past day
or two he has been working with
F. W. Durhin, main remonstrntor
at the district, and these two men
will be at the meeting along wr.n
a number of farmers who are op
posing the plan.
In the past week or two quite a
few farmers have appeared at the
county court rooms, stating that
they signed the petitions for the
district but are now opposed to
the plan.
An effort will be made, It is
quit certain, to forward the nam?
ot F. W. Dr.rbtn and some others
who think like him. for place on
the board of directors.
T
The Cherrian hand will put on
a concert at Dallas, Monday even
ing. August 10. andjt ig expected
that all of the Cherrinna will be
out to participate In the event
They are to attend In uniform.
The Cherrians will form in a
caravan at 6:30 at the chamber of
commerce. There will be a short
drill In front of tne Polk county
court house and they will then
march in a body to the city park
Oscar Hayter and W. W. Har-
combe, president of the Dallas
clumber of commerce, will give
addressm of welcome, which will
be responded to by King Blng
Perry and others.
Killed In Implosion
Ravenna. Italy, Aug. 7 (AP)
Seven women workers and two
men were killed In an explosion of
a powder factory at Lugo yester
day. One of tho man wan a cus
torn guard; the Identity of the oth
er Is not newn.
put into condition and placed -1
work on the river declnrlng that
there was no excuse for delay on
the part of government offlclalF
ho have f h:i rue of kr-;.inj the
river channel cinnr. The .Mutaloma
moves from pi. ice to place under
its own pmvt', end Is fible to work
evfral time n vapidly tin the
Mrntiexllo, K'jycs 'anient Jredg
which has ben working on the
rlvr channel since lait Mii'itiir.
"I think the government to en
are afraid we aren't going to op-
Jeriite permanently," naid Mr. Knrr
this morning. "They thouKht there
Iwm no ue robing the job if we
'didn't mean bujiln.':?. bn? ' now
(Continue! on Page tin
SALEM, OREGON, FRIDAY, AUGUST 7, 1925
married a week ago today. His
former wife was there, but the
two scarcely looked at one an
other, and if they did it was from
the corners of their eyes,
Olson was divorced 14 months
ago. At the time the court teeued
an order requiring Olson to pay
$25 a month for support of bis
two children by his first wife, one
of whom is now 11 years and the
other 13 years old.
According to Olson's own testi
mony on tho stand he had made
one $25 payment. Once he had
tendered another $10 payment,
but his former wife refused to nc-
(Continued on Page- Five)
TE
AUTO ABLAZE:
Bmi, Ore., Auff. 7. In an at
tempt by keeping his hand over
the open vent ot a motor car gas
tank while enveloped in flames, to
save the car and building, Kurd
Hirsch, rancher, living 12 miles
from Mlllican, was badly burned
from finger tips to shoulder of his
left arm early last evening, Her
bert Moore, neighboring rancher,
in attempting to extinguish flames
enveloping Hirsch was burned in
the same manner on his right arm.
Moore, running short of gaso
line visited Hireoh to borrow a
small amount. Moore carried a
lantern as both men entered the
garage to secure the gasoline.
After giving Moore his supply,
Hirscl), announcing he was going
to town thought he would fill the
tank of his car. Moore Bet the
lantern down near the car as
Hirsch unscrewed the cap of the
gas tank.
No sooner had the fumes from
the car tank struck the lantern,
than a volume of flame enveloped
the garage. No explosion oc
curred. Hirsch clapped his hand
over the tank and remained there
In Bpito ot being envempcu in
flumes.
Both men finally gave up at
tempts to save the car anu cacn a
mass of flames rushed outside roll
..r nd over in looso plowed
ground. The fire on their cloth
ing extinguished me ..
ran iu - .... ,
cattle, and livestocs. nn.u
saved his chlcKens.
LITTLE TOTS TELL
OF PARENTS LOSS
Petersburg, Alaska, Aug. T
Federal authorities declared nere
vo.ienliiv that two girls, flvo and
three yearo old, had told them
that Tom Itlso beat ni swno on
board his boat, threw her over
board and then Jumped Into the
water himself, leaving tie child
ren on the moving craft alone Mon
ilny. Rise recently married Mrs.
Ili.gue widow of a wcaiuiy i-iim-burgh
merchant. The vessel
beached Itself and the two girls
crawled oft the ship when tho tide
went out and walked to a cannery
three miles up tho beach.
The five year old child, which
was an adopted daughter of the
two adult, said her parents had
been drinking.
The authorities have been drag
ging WrnTi.sell nnnowa, south of
here, for the bodies.
LUMBERJACK GASHED
WITH til ISE PICK
M- dm! d, Or., Aug. 7. F. K.
I.i;;htlf:f:. u hi ini;-: fr.tii.
Weed, .al., lits s;ii u.ly wiumhsi
at a ltc;il bn.-tit ;il the r .-. :t 1 1
of n fight with Jack iMiHlipf. lo
ral tabor :r, f;iid by p..lif.'? to have
e: : : e re d over hi : i t !i Max , t.
waitress tit a rrslti n.nt here l.re
In;,t ni';bt. AeriiKjiti;, lo vH i;-.-'3-oi.
I.iphif'iot Htitrxl to beat i'i
t'billips worn the hitler paid at
tention to M!.a MnK.'y, and 1 "i'l
lipr f.ei.lns; an Ic pick, f.usu'd hiv
i ailpnt In the arm and aiu'-nm-u
i ;if tc 'V. f;i d l-Ti 1; I ft r ti ia iv- , n n
ii.ighUoot ia cxpcc.cJ to recover.
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MOB OF 500
I
Assailant of Young White
Girl Identified By Es
cortPolice With Riot
Guns Arrive Too Late.
Excelsior Springs, Mo., Aug. 7.
(A. P.) Miller Mitchell,' held
in jail here for an alleged assault
last night on a white girl, was
lynched by a mob of about BOO
persons here late today. The niob
took Mitchell from the jail to a
ravine about a quarter of a mile
from where he was hanged to a
tree.
The mob smashed the jail door
with a sledge hammer when they
gained entrance to the city hall
through the door of the fire de
partment headquarters which had
been opened on a false alarm.
They carried the negro away
from the building and then let
him down to his feet and forced
him to march down Kansas City
avenue past the fashionable Elms
hotel.
On the way a member of the
mob procured a rope and It was
tossed over the victim's bead be
fore the crowd arrived at nn oak
tree, its destination.
The tree stands near a railroad
track and the crowd, swelling over
the tracks forced a passenger
train, to stop. The passengers
witnessed the lynching.
Following tho hanging the mob
dispersed.
Kansas City, Mo., Aug. 7.
Thirty-seven policemen nrmed
with riot guns werr, dispatched
here today for Excelsior Springs,
whore a menacing crowd was rc-
(Continued on I'agn Five.)
KILLS FATHER
Ml MflTt
Farkerebv.rg. Iowa, Aug. 7.
(A. P.) Warren Vandervoort, 17
today confessed he shot and killed
his father, Kev. It. J. Vandervoort.
Methodist Episcopal minrnter, here
last night, .lames Mitchell, the
Parkersburg marshal, announced
todny.
The youth also admitted, the
marshal said, that he also wound
ed his mother when ehc appeared
in the doorway of the pastor's
room, apparently to Investigate
the shot that killed her husband
Then he followed her Into the bed
room and shot her again. The boy
gave no explanation for the flhoot
ing. A coroner's inquest is being
hold.
Tlvinc Accmp Ron
Mrs. Vandervoori's only words
slncc phe was found about 2 : .10 o.
h. in the bed to which she had
dragged herself after the ehoot-
ing which took place In the hall
way several fet away, have been
a mmmcd ' Warren, he did It; he
did It." Young Vandervoort wbf
taken Into custody at llelnberk
Iowa, almnt 2 a. m" after a Rein-
beck physician had found him In
the Vandervoort automobilo which
had gone off the slippery high
way, about two nillm from town
The bov told the physician, "some
one" had shot his parents and that
the murderer then had forced him
to take the family car and help
i hp killer escape.
Tito physician Immediately on
rebelling Helnbecfc rnn:d tne rnr
kerKlHirg marshal. .Tnnen Mitchell
fiutiimd on I 'ago Hi
PHILIPPINE LEGISLATORS
PROTEST U, S. MISSION
Manll.i, Auff. 7--(AP)--Tho
fleiiiO'-iMil-'. nifioiicr of I bo Phil
ippine h ' iiti.o .o.npi ilnn lb
lniii'nity th both hoii' ndopN-d
iTFol-iMon.'t toilay dfct.irfrig furilm!
the wisdom of u'lMllntf a mW.lon
to! the ''i"''1 H'.tifH its prnp'wd
by' tho M; lot-by.
(Tho mlnorl'y dwlriied that ihf
work proposed for the ini.s.lon can
be1 pr. funned by ihc r ldont
, U'li'-pinc C";iimi-ioner at Wash-:mj.n.
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Scott Found Insane ,
Declares His Sanity
1 r '-j hK",
r T.Hi
Chicago, Aug. 7 (AP) Rusaell
Scott, saved from tho gallows by a
jury's verdict last night finding
hfm Insane, today In his cell de
clared he waa sane.
He will bo taken to the Chester
asylum for the criminal Insane.
Scott added that "the fight Is
just beginning."
Chicago, Aug. 7. (A. P.) In
an Insane asylum instead of on
the gallows, Husell Scott, erst
while Canadian financier, will ex
piate the murder of a drug clerk
in a holdup.
"Cell shock" Insanity result
ing from 15 months iu jail and
the ordeals of two narrow escapes
from tho noose was the verdict
of a jury last night iu a sanity
test which saved him.
The jury's finding and Scott's
removal to the Chester asylum to
day ended a fight for life that
probably waa tho most desperate
In Cook county criminal annals.
Seven ballots and 3 hours and 40
minutes deliberation were neces
sary before the jury agreed.
Five times since Joseph Alaurer
was killed 1" a drug store opposite
the city hall In April, 1924, Scott
has faced death. Within the last
three weeks, a few hours before
the death march, Scott waa saved
once by a week's reprieve and
again by a tay of execution Issued
at 2 o'clock in tho morning by
Judge Joseph David on a petition
declaring. him Insane.
Had he been found sane, Judc
David would have imposed a death
sentence once more. Even in the
asylum Scott faces death on the
gallows should he ever be found to
Invo regained his sanity.
Loa Angela1, Cal., Aug. 7.
Floyd Fitzshnmons, Michigan City,
Ind., promoter, departing at noon
today for Chicago and New York
carries with him tho fllgMaturc of
.lack Dcmpscy. henvyweight cham
pion, to nn Agreement for a titu
bout with Harry Wills July 4
1926 r.t Michigan City, Ind., It was
announced jy H. H. Hen ton of
Dr-mnscy'r, staff. Ilonton said tha
Chicago ffnancial Interests will
back th( bout and that arrange
ments were completed last night
by telephone and telegraph be
tween Fitzsimmons and Paddv
Mullinn, manager of Harry Wlll
Suspect Wounded Man
Received Bullets In
Hold-Up At Donald
Sheriff Ciear 1). Power wnl to
Portland today to Interview Will
iam II. Itonnrtt, Jn the flood Sriiu
aiitan hospital thcr with two bul
let wound In his Lo'ly. and Kail
UrowD, lnld In the .Multnomah
county Jail, both mi pect r.1 ns belnr:
IhipUc itc.l in nn nttr-mptM b .1 Ittp
of ,1n cob Si a offer, rindier nenr
Donald. Slauff-r. after a hole
with t ho two men who endeavored
to bold him up at bis ninrli home,
sii'-eredcd In Rett In; a gun anil
flrlnif nt the rtre:itin men. one
of thT.i Mumbled nnd fell lis
though he hid X.ccn hit. A few
j hours later I'.' nnrtt npplled for
I admission to tho Good Samaritan
PRICE THREE CENTS ghtS0
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VwUUUUVUU
HAME GIVEN CARSMASHES
FOR VICTIM INTO BRIDGE
OFSCHWARTZ ABUTMENT
Theodore White, Missing,
Suggested As Killed In
Explosion; Schwartz
May Be Stowaway.
Martinez Cal., Aug. 7 (AP)
An anonymous telephone call to
the police authorities today advis
ed them "If you will flndoout what
has become of Theodore white,
formerly of Fresno, you will know
who tho dead man In the Pacific
cellulose laboratory mystery Is." i
A street address given by the In-I
formant in Berkeley, Cal., was vis
ited and no one waa found who
professed to know either white or
anything about a telephone call.
The mon who telephoned said that
White had an nppolntmcnt with
Charles Henry Schwartz, chemist
of tho company for whom the po- I
Uco are ltoklng dewplto claims or,
tho wire that he perished in an ex
plosion In the ceHuloue laboratory
a week aRO yesterday, 24 hours be
foro tho time of the explosion. He
said that while until a few weeks
ago was employed as a chemist by
"some scientific Ice cream com
pany" of Fresno and had been fore
ed to find some other employment
when thnt company ceased busi
ness: Whit's address Is desired by the
slate Industrial accident depart
ment for some reason unknown to
the anonymous telcphoner, he said
and he concluded his conversation
with the words "I'll let you know
more Inter."
To Search Steamer
To check tho theory that
Schwartz may have stowed away on
the freighter Nordic which sailed
a day or two ago for Portland on
rou to to Sweden, this vessel will
bo searched at Westport, Ore., late
today, local officials slated.
Todity as a week ago, new clues
a ii.l new evldenro were brought to
HgtU and were dlstiucd to lead to
the result nn abrupt ending nelth
er indicating the whereabouts of
the mls.siiiK chemist or tho identifi
cation of tho burned corpso which
will rest In the San Francisco mor
gue. A tJcnnnn ChcmUt
Standing In the foreground of
every avenue of Investigation Is
the phantom figuro of Hehwnrtz. a
Gorman chemist, who studicq1 nt
Heidelberg. In this country com
munity he was the eentrul figure
in a corporation which depended
upon him to perfect a prores for
the manufacture of artificial silk.
As a hobby be dabbled in a study
of "the perfect crime" and al
though a man of family, ho was
recently made defendant Jn a $75,
000 breach of promise suit filed by
an Oakland girl.
Today his wife, his fnmlly phy
sician and Intimate friends Insist
that he was blown to bits while ex
perimenting In his laboratory. The
official viewpoint Is represented
by a complaint charging Schwartz
with the mutdcr of nn unidenti
fied person, killed In tho explosion
In rewardH posted for his appre
hension, and In nn nppeal to Oov
ornor Itlchadson to Increase the
ptico on Schwartz's head.
Falls Down Stairs to Death
Portland, Ore., Aug. 7. Mrs.
Mabel II. Huberts, 49, died In a
hospital hero today of a fracture
of the skull sustained last night
when she fell down a stairway In
her homo. Tho coroner took
charge of the body. Mrs. Roberts
was a widow.
hospital In Portland. Iln bad two
bullet wounds In bis body which
bo stated were put there when he
iv:: ens:i::d In an nlteicatlon nenr
St. Ileitis j.'cr a right of way.
Stauffer w a aroused by two n.en
prowling about his plnrc about a
week a;o. He call d to them from
hi window. They n.ii1 they were
prohibition officers and went av.ny
A telephone onerntoi nt Aurora
saw a enr ni'thlmr lhroti!h the
place a little time aiter the assnilt
on Stauffer yestenbiy nflerno.ui.
Ono of tin-in bmi bloodstains on
his face, lb' opoialm nlso went
lo Portland loloy to nro If he could
hUntlfy tho nun held there.
FAIR WEATHER
Tonight and Saturday, cloudy or foggy
along coast, "Warm In interljr. Light
northerly winds.
Local: Max., 87; min., 53; rain, none;
river, -1.8; atmos., clear; wind, northwest
Auto Pulled Off Road By
Trailer Passing Car
Driver Seriously Injur
ed and In Hospital.
Nathan Starkey of Santa Cruz,
Cal., was hurt, probably fatally.
hie infant child was instantly
killed, his wifo and two of hlfl
children slightly Injured in an
auto accident halfway between
Jefferson and Salem at noon to
day. Mr. btarkey's chest was se
verely crushed and physicians this
afternoon were not expecting him
o live.
A boy suffced a scalp wound.
the mother suffered severely from
rihock, and the third child of the
tamily wintered bruises that were
practically negligible. The boy's
name is Jess Wulard Sturkey.
The accident occurred when tho
automobile, v. heavy machine driv
en by Mr. ttlakcy, was passing
truck near tho sawmill locuted be
tween Salem and Jefferson. There
is a concrete culvert at the point
where the car passed the truck
and the nittoombile struck the
railing of the culvert.
When passing tourists arrived
on the scene the auto was lying
bottom side up in the ditch, a to
tal wreck.
The car was going south when
the accident took place. An am
bulance hastily summoned from
Salem brought Starkey and his
son to t!ie Salem hospital.
The child who waa killed waa
one of a pair of twins.
Mrs. Starkey stnfd. this after
noon thnt she had written down
the number of the truck which
tho car was attempting to pass.
She dropper a card, on which the
number was written, In the ambu
lnnce, she stated. A search waa
being made this afternoon for the
missing card.
The driver of the truck stated
this afternoon that tho trailer,
going off the road and taking tha
ear to the edge of the road with
It, was the cause of tho accident.
Mr. Starkey attempted to bring
his car back on the road, hut was
unable to do so, ho stated, and
crashed into th ; railing of the
culvert. There were said to be 12
persons in the car, including Mrs.
Stnrkey'e sister and a number A
children. Names of tho group
were unavailable at an early hour
this afternoon.
AT JUNCTION CITY
Eigono, Or., Aub. 1- Holdup
men operated In Junction City
nnrly this morning, robbing a man
of $9iS, a rcHluurunt of and a
liool hull of )6. .
The robbery was committed la
the MonnRr.-.m rctUulirnnt, onor
Mleil in i:nmie:t!on with Den's
moUc house r-nd pool room at 4
o'clock n. ni.
The nlKht cook at tho all-night
restaurant, reported tho holdup
.-.-ylug th'.t three men entered tha
place, ordered coffee, and paid for
it. After di inking the coffee tho
strangers houitht cigarettes. The
cook, who Ib In charge of the cigar
counter r.t nlglu made change on
the other side, turned and found
two of tho men pointing loaded
cvolvero at him,
The holdup, reported to night
patrolmen of the Eugene police
department and later to the sher
iff's office was at f i t connected
with the robbery at tho Towne
i'.hoi pe, u the theft In Kn-eno was
discovered jufit About tho time ol
th robbery In Junction City.
This theory of the officers was
furth'r heightened by 1 lie state
ment thnt 1 lie junction t'lty roli
bciw left on the Pacific highway,
ifolng north In . Ugh automobile.
BEND VOTKTfllRifiG
WATERFROM TliMALO
Hi nd. Ore. Aug. 7. By a m
lorliy of 120 votes the citizens ot
llemi yesterday voted for the
siiiiu.OuO Tmnalo water project,
in an ell'oit to better the drink
ing waier of the city. Tho elec
tion poled more than 1(100 votes,
rnnxid'rcd n large total for tb
cllv. the p. filiation of fthieh U
animated nt hOUu.