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S. P. WRECK TAKES
TOLL CF 9 LIVES
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salts in Death er lajnrj to Nuy
WaaUngtea. Canty BsaHssrti
Disregard of orders by Engineer
Silaa K. Wfflett and the failure of
: other members of the crew of Train
No. 124, eestbound front Hillsboro to
Portland, to take prompt and deti
' sive action when this error was not
iced, ii held responsible for the loss
of nine lives and the injury, more or
less seriously, of more than 40 peo
ple when this train and train No. 107,
west-bound, crashed in a head-on
collision on the curve Just east of
Bertha, aiding at 10:23 Sunday morn
ing. The coroneri jury in Multno
mah County holds all members of the
crew jointly responsible for the fail
ure of this train to take the siding as
ordered. The members of the crew
were: Willett, the engineer, who was
killed in the fatal crash and Austin
Pharis, of Beaverton, conductor, and
W. A. FiBch, brakeman, who are ae-
- merely injured and are now at Good
Samaritan Hospital, where their in-
juries are being cared for.
The collision came without warn
ing and the two engineers had barely
time to apply the emergency brakes
when the trains came together with
a terrific impact that drove the ves
tibules of each lead car back well in
to the passener compartments. It
was on train No. 124, east bound,
that the greatest toll of life and Buf-
' fering was taken. Here Engineer
Willett and Newton Hoover, of Bea
verton, were instantly killed together
with six others, and the collapse of
the heavy steel roof of the oar under
the immense impact f the west
bound train, drove steel beams, splin
ters of wood and pieces of glass down
upon the helpless women and children
below in such a manner that scarce-
ly one of th crowded a escaped un
hurt. The eastbound train which was to
have taken the siding at Bertha,
stopped at Bertha station and took
on three passengers. Conductor
Pharis gave the stop signal to the
engineer and he acknowledged the
signal in the usual manner. . The con
ductor proceeded to collect fares but
Win noticed that the train did not
stop on the siding. He hurried forward
to learn, the cause but before he
reached the cab the airbiakes were
set and the two trains crashed.
Telephone calls were sent prompt
ly to Portland and Beaverton and
within a few minutes physicians and
nurses were at the scene of the wreck.
Residents of the locality responded
promptly, threw open their homes as
first aid stations and gave freely of
their time and supplies. Those of the
passengers who escaped with minor
injuries and some of those more se
verely hurt, worked nobly in reliev
ing the suffering, while autoists
gathered rapidly and many of these
gave aid in transporting those less
seriously injured to the hospitals.
Ambulances from Portland worked
rapidly and before the middle of the
afternoon the injured had all been re
moved,, the bodies of the dead had
been cared for and the wrecking
crew was at work clearing away the
debris.
The list of dead is as follows:
Mrs. Grace G. Arundell and son,
Robert G. Arundell, wife and son of
C, R. Arundell, special agent United
States land office, 616 Postoffice
building.
J. F. Peebler, engineer for South
em Pacific, riding as passenger, 304
Rose St
Mrs. C. A. Crooks, Hillsdale. x
Fleurot Dosch Jossclyn, aged 6,
309 North Twenty-third street.
Newton Hoover, employe of S. P.,
Beaverton.
Silas K. Willett, 868 East Kelly
Street, engineer of incoming train.
Miss Ins L. Hatch, Hillsdale.
Miss Camille Dosch, Hillsdale.
Mrs. A. H. Spraner, and daughter,
Miss Violetta, who were injured in
the wreck Sunday, were cared for at
the Hillsboro hospital and are now
practically recovered. a
R. A. Kirby, Southern Pacific em
ployee, who was hurt in the wreck,
is making satisfactory progress et
the hospital.
Conductor A. Pharis came home
from the hospital today.
WHY THE OS IS
LATE THIS
nines of Publisher, Shortage of Help
and Mail Delays Prevent Ple
at Begilar Ttaa.
The Times Is late this week In
reaching its readers. But there 1s
a reason. On Monday evening the
publisher contracted a pain in the
right hip, which continued to grow
worse throughout Tuesday. Doctors
pronounced it sciatica. He has been
unable to work since that time.
There is an increased amount of work
in the shop at this season of the year
and with one less to do it the delay
was inevitable.
All efforts to get additional help
have been unavailing and copy sent
by mail was delayed in reaching the
printer, further aggravating the de
lay. But next week will see us in
better shape and we trust to have the
Times to you on time and a better
and newsier paper from week to week.
We solic.it your help in making this
possible by sending us news and ad
vertising copy as early In the week
as possible.
FUNERAL OP NEWTON
HOOVER HELD TUESDAY
The funeral of Newton Hoover,
former section foreman for the South
ern Pacific Company and victim of
the wreck Sunday, was held from the
Congregational church Tuesday, the
Rev. Horace S. Wiley, officiating.
A very touching part of the serv
ice was the arrival of the section
men who had worked under him. The
Japanese spokesman approached un
dertaker W. E. Pegg, and informed
him that they "Wanted to see the
Boss." They passed in, devoutly
viewed the body and deposited a large
floral wreath, a silent tribute from
the men of another race, who had
worked with him.
He was making his home at Bea
verton at the time of his death and
after a short service at Beaverton his
remains were brought to Dilley, where
he formerly resided and where his
mother still lives.
A large company, including mem
bers of the United Artisans, waited
his coming at the church, where the
services were held, Rev. J. M. Bar
ber officiating.
Newton Hoover was born at Green
ville, Washington County, Oregon,
April 2nd, 1885; was married to Le
vi ia Kelly and to this union. three
children were born, one of them,
Fredie, still living, also Clyde Davis,
who has made his home with them
since a child. 'Beside these he leaves
a mother, father, one sister, Mrs. Al
Leach, of Dilley, two brothers, Em
mett and Guy Hoover, also other rel-;
atives and many friends. I
He was a member of the United
Artisans of Dilley and was" held in
high esteem by the order and by all
who knew him. '
His remains were placed in the
Forest View cemetery.
L. O. STOCKDALE HURT
As a result of an auto crash with a
motorcycle on which he was chasing
law violators, last (Thursday)) night
at 10.30, L. O. Stockrale, deputy sher
iff and traffic officer of Washington
County, lies at St Vincent's hospital
with ribs broken and his bladder
punctured and C. L, Dubois has lost
the fingers of one hand and Mrs.
Ruby Bergsirk is in Good Samaritan
hospital with minor injuries.
The crash happened near Aloha.
Stockdale was chasing a speed viola
tor, also on a motorcycle, ,and lost
control of his machine and crashed
head-on into the light car in which
Mr. and Mrs. Dubois and their daugh
ter were riding. The traffic violator
escaped. Mrs. Dubois, who was in
the rear seat of the car, was not hurt.
CELEBRATED 5 1ST WEDDING
Mr. and Mrs. W. 0. Hocken had
been married just 61 years last Tues
day and in honor of the event Mrs.
Harry Pierce, a daughter, and Mrs.
Willis Pierce, came out from Port
land and spent the day with them
and in the evening the families of F.
J., R. J., and A. M. Hocken assem
bled at the parental home and spent
a delightful evening. Music and
recitations by the grand children fur
nished delightful entertainment and
delicious refreshments of ice cream,
cake, and candy were served.
' BEATEBTON, OREGOH, FRIDAY, HAY
CGH SCHOOL FLAY :
PLEASES AUXSNCE
Local Students Present The Sky
Riders" at Local Aaditeriu Br
other Attraction Ceeiiftf. .
The Skyrideri afforded am excel
lent vehicle in which to display the
talents of the Thespians of our local
high school last Friday night and
a good sized audience greeted the stu
dents and applauded liberally.
The story is based on identity of
names. An Easterner, visiting Cal
ifornia, sees a famous aviator of the
same name make sensational flights.
His wife and daughter, in the East,
hear of these exploits and determine
to come West to bask in the sun
light of his glory. On the train they
meet a young reporter, Saunders,
coming out to cover Brown's attempt
to fly to Honolulu for his paper. He
falls in love with Helen. Teddy Nix
on, a wireless operator, falls in love
with Johana, who is also in the plot
The part of Brown waB cleverly
taken by Freeman Rowe. Miss Vi
oletta Spraner portrayed the hyster
ical wife with exceptional feeling,
while Miss Edna Hocken played the
part of the mother's favorite, daugh
ter in a pleasing manner. Miss Nel
lie Antrim as Juliana and Elmer
Erickson, as Teddy Nixon, were ever
alert to the possibilities of their
parts. Hartwell Schroeder, as Saun
ders, the reporter, was just awkward
and embarrassed enough, in his love
making to be pleasing to the audi
ence. Joe Morrill, as Koma, the
Japanese servant of the Browns por
trayed the comedy parts to the de
light of his hearers.
The play was creditably done. As
in previous presentations, the players
betrayed that they had not learned
their parts letter perfect, but most
of these lapses were well covered and
the audience was well entertained.
Musical numbers by Miss Florence
Snider and Miss Crete Gray and a
vocal solo by Miss Delia Allen, ajddel
to the joy of the evening and were
liberally encored.
LESTER RIDGE KILLED
IN LOGGING ACCIDENT
Lester C. Ridge, son of Mr. and
Mrs. W. B. Ridge, living two miles
south of Beaverton, was killed in a
logging accident at Cherry Grove,
May 5, when a log in the camps of
the Haskell-Carpenter company be
came snagged and rebounded, killing
two men and injuring a third. He
had been employed in the camp only
three days.
William Laife was the other killed
and Charles Crunican, of Gaston, had
two ribs broken and bis lung punc
tured. Funeral services for young Ridge
were held at the grave Friday, Rev.
Horace S. Wiley, of the local Congre
gational Church, officiating, and in
terment in Crescent Grove cemetery.
Lester Ridge was 17 years, 10
months and 26 days of age. He Is
survived by his parents, four sisters
and four brothers.
DISTRICT CONVENTION OP
KNIGHTS
The District Convention of the
Knights of Pythias Lodge will be
held in Forest Grove on the evening
of May 22.
The district is composed of Yamhill
and Washington County.
While the gathering Is a lodge af
fair the public is asked to lend their
help in making this occasion one
worthy of the community.
There will be a parade of the busi
ness section of the City, two bands
the far famed D. O. K. band of Port
Land, and the Yamhill K. of P. Band.
The early part of the evening will
be for the public and will be held
either in the open or In the K. of P.
Hall, depending on the weather con
dition. This part will consist of
music and addresses.
HIGHER EDUCATIONAL MEAS
URE RECEIVES ENDORSEMENT i
About 860 Oregon organizations
have endorsed, the Higher Education
al Tax Act, providing 1.26 mills for
the State Agricultural College, State
University, and State Normal School.
These organizations include Granges,
farm bureaus, commercial clubs, wo
men's clubs, labor-unions, and groups
in every kind of occupation and ev
ey walk in life.
14, 1M.
C0Z2ROAL CLUB
FLEETS WEDNESDAY
Good Local Talent Program Prepared
and Excellent T1 to Assured.
Public la Invited.
Beaverton Commercial Club will
meet Wednesday evening In Grange
Hall in regular session at 8 o'clock.
An excellent program of local talent
has been prepared by the entertain
ment committee. Ths public gene
rally is invited to attend this meet
ing and enlarge the acquaintance of
the community. There fs io admis
sion charge.
1 THAT NEW HAT
O where Is the hat they lately were
The milliners here in our U. S. A.
The greatest of pains for it they were
taking
As all states chipped in and helped so
they say.
A new creation of their own design
ing. For the president's wife to be sent to
France,
Their offer he said they must be de
clining,
For them to accept there was not a
chance.
The fashions We make in that we are
leading
All over the world we send out the
style,
If we accept hints they will be pro
ceeding
To toBS up the sponge and pass us
the smile. (
Right here we will state that five
thousand dollars
Is too much money to spend for a hat
Our designers here would soon raise ft
holler -If
we accepted a present like that .
To keep it in place would hat pins be
etieklng -, ; rr"
Into the trimmings which women
would prise.
Look at the plumage, the choicest of
picking,
Were taken from birds known as
Paradise.
Such beautiful plumes, nine If they
were counted,
Each one of them worth nine hun
dred apiece,
Not many swell hats so costly are j
mounted, ' j
To give for a present, we should Bay j
at leaBt.
We are the big It they said In reply
ing, x
To make new fashions we do not ask
aid,
No Madamoiselle will here be a try
ing
To show the new style Americans
have made. ; ;
And when their reasons to us they've
been showing
From their fourteen points we getj
this idee,
They know far. better how fashions
are going,
And want not no help from over the
sea, O. 0. SMITH.
MOTHER OF MRS. GEORGE
TEFFT DIES AT DILLEY
Mrs. Mary Jane Tueker, mother of
Mrs. George Tefft, of Beaverton,
died at the home of her daughter in
Dilley, Saturday, and was buried at
Crescent Grove Cemetery 1 Monday,
following services at the local Con
gregational Church, at which Elder
W. W. Stewart, of the Seventh Day
Adventist church of Gaston, officiat
ed, assisted by Rev. Horace S. Wiley.
Mrs. Tucker was for many years a
resident of Beaverton. For the past
several years she has been blind but
has been a very patient sufferer. She
is survived by the following children:
Mrs. G. W. Tefft, Beaverton; Mrs.
Addle Anderson, Myrtle Point; Mrs.
Eva Anderson, Bandon; George Tuck
er, Astoria; Ira Tucker, Bandon; Mrs.
Henry Wolf, Dilley; Mrs. Will Bark
doll, Forest Grove; Wm. Tucker,
Gaston; Carl Tucker, Seattle.
NEW SIDEWALK AT PARSONAGE
The parsonage of the Congrega
tional church was recently greatly
improved by a cement sidewalk from
the front of the house to the street,
a donation from M. C. O'Connell.
NICHOLAS KEQR
ANSWERS LAST CALL
Well-Known Cooper Mountain Real'
. deal Succumbs, ta Heart Trouble
Sunday Morning
Nihcolas Kemmer, well-known res
ident of Cooper Mountain and for
more than SO years ft resident of this
locality, died at his home there Sun
day morning at 8:30. The funeral
was held at the Cooper ' Mountain
Catholic Church Tuesday morning at
10:00 o'clock, the Reverend Father
J. M. O'Neill, officiating and inter
ment was in the Cooper Mountain
Catholic cemetery, adjoining the
Kemmer farm.
Mr. Kemmer was SB years of age.
He it survived by hit widow, Mrs.
Anna Kemmer, four sons, Joseph, Ja
cob, Clement and Albert, and by two
daughters, Eva and Susie.
MEN KILLED NEAR
CHERRY GROVE MAY 5
On May 5 white working for the
Haskell-Carpenter Company of Cher
ry Grove, William Lane and Lester
Wredge were instantly killed and
Charley Crunnican suffered ft broken
shoulder and two fractured ribs
which entered the lungs. Mr. Crun
ican was taken to a Portland Hospi
tal for treatment. On May 10th an
inquest was held by Coroner Limber.
The men were felling a tree when
It struck another tree and that hit
them, with the above results. Dr.
Baker, of Gaston, was called to ren
der medical assistance.
BAPTISTS HAVE, EXTENDED
TIME FOR CAMPAIGN
Baptist leaders of Oregon an
nounce a short extension of the
$100,000,000 campaign of the North
ern Baptist . denomination, which
opened on April 85 In 36 states of the
Union.' Insteai of closing it U Sun
day, May 4, as was originally planned,
they announced that it would contin
ue "until every cent of the $100,000,
000 has been subscribed." They have
thorough faith, they say, that the en
tire sum wilt be subscribed during
the week.
The total already raised, up to
Tuesday noon of last week, was
$40,218,000, according to reports
turned in to Dr. John Y. Aitchison,
general director of the Now World
Movement of Northern l&ntists, by
the variouv states participating In
the campaign.' These reports are
very Incomplete, and the national
leaders believe that several million
dollars have been subscribed without
having yet come to their knowledge,
A. A. Protsman, field director of the
western area of eight states, said
today. Unremitting work should con
tinue, he declared, until every state
of the urea has raised its entire
quota,
Oregon has $266,000 of her $1045,-
000 quota raised, and her state lead
ers, W. O. Sims, campaign director,
and Dr, 0. C. Wright, state promo
don director, report that Baptists of
the state feel confident that they
will raise the enire amount.
A RELIC OK THE T j
DAYS OF LONG AGO
Mrs. Cynthia E. Smith, widow of
the late Eli Smith, hands ul the fol
lowing interesting item which was
written nearly thirty-five yean ago
on a board when the carpenter wui
at work nuking some repair! to the
Smith house, up near Manning, and
was discovered when the house was
being torn down. The item is in It
self self-explanatory and is as io'
lows:
"This house, built 1684. This but
tery built by Wm. Manning in Aug
ust, 1886, for Eli Smith on his home
stead claim. Smith and Manning
both quit work August 7-8, to go to
Forest Grove to attend Gen. Grant's
funeral the 8. We both served In the
war of the Rebellion under him. This
is very dry and hot weather. Man
ning fa living in the burnt woods on'
his homestead claim, known as the
"Mountain View Farm." Just now
the railroad land here has gone back
to the Gov't, and there is big excite
ment here about land in this locality.
This lumber was made at Lyda's and
Son's saw mill on Gales Creek.
Rough, 9.00 per M., dressed $18 and
$20 per M. M. Manning."
Forest Grove News-Times.
? 1 NO. I
CANYON ROAD I
KEARLYCC'jLETED
Shorter Thoroughfare t Portland
Will Sena Be in Shape far Travel
Paving operations the Canyon
road wen resumed this weak and this
popular thoroughfare to Portland
will soon be open for travel ss a
paved highway.
This road la much shorts than the
present highway and for summer
travel for pleasure cars will be at
once popular. It will also relieve the
congestion now so apparent on Ter
williger Boulevard by diverting a
large part of the travel at the Tual
atin Highway away from the present
route. ' 1
The new highway will be prepared
for a spsel of 86 miles and made per
fectly safe by improved construction
of curves, according to Jacob
Schmitt, who la employed oa the
work. The curves will be made high
er on the outside and the ordinary
custom of making the center of the
highway the highest will be avoided.
A rock crusher la being But In and
every preparation made to complete
the' Work in record time,
COUNTY AGENTS IQTEi
' liolstetn Breeders Plan Picnic
The Washington County Bolataln
Breeders Association at their meet
ing held in Hlllsboro Mar let, decid
ed to hold a picnic at the farm of
one of their members during the
month of June, and appointed a com
mittee to arrange plana. The com
mittee appointed, consisted of Wm.
Hathorn, Thin, Carmlchael, and W.
Martin. They are making arrange
ments to hold the picnic at the farm
of W. Martin, at Forest Grove, June
10th, and will Invite Henry MoCaU,
President of the State Holataia As
sociation, S. B. Rail, of Oresham,
,Btatiise.asi tews,.- sKs,W
Corvnllls, . and . the - breeders easeelsi
tions from Tillamook and Multnomah
Coptics. ..... '
, Among the special features of their
meeting, will be boys and girls stock
judging oontast for which ties County
Association will award prises. A
judging contest will also be arranged
for the Holstein breeders,"?
The commutes expects to make this
a whole day affair, and ' asks the
breeders to bring well fitjad lunch
baskets.
Gaston Farmers Pisa Sralaage
Farmers in the Wapato Lake Dis
trict, met In Gaston Saturday even
ing, May 8th, to discuss plans for
better draining that area, tutd finally
decided to have a preliminary survey
made, to determine the bsaf method
of removing the flood watare.
A committee of three was ap
pointed to take charge of the matter,
of which T. E. Armstrong was mads
chairman. R. R. Easter, of Billsboro,
showed a number of Interesting slides
of similar drainage districts' In Clark
County, Washington, where larger
areas of waste lands were mads pro
ductive at a cost approximately $26
per acre, and a maintenance cost of
leas than $3.00 per acre. " :
Practically every land owner of the
affected district was present at the
meeting, and it seemed to be the
unanimous opinion that drainage
district should be formed.' The com
mittee plans to take up at once ths
survey of ths area, to determine the
approximate cost of draining.
Seed Corn Stare )
The number of requests for sesd
corn" the past few week,, 'indicates
that there is a shortage ' of home
grown seed in this county. '"Inquiries
sent to other counties, reveals that
other parts of the Wllamatts Valley
are in no better condition With re
epect to acclimated seed. Even where
corn matured last year, and quan
tities were retained for seed, severe
losses were sustsinsd, owing to the
freeze hi December, and it Is now ap
parent that ths shortags' Is quite
general.
A number of Washington county
farmers have already made; purchas
es of Eastern seed, and those who
have been planning on aslng local
grown seed, should make inquiries at
once, or they may be unable to get
an adequate supply of any kind.
NEAL C. JAMISON,
County Agent,