New-York tribune., 1919-09-16

people Of Portland to-day was nar-as
by the tragic death in an autonob;Ia
accident Of Benjamin T. Allen Wass
lngton spondent of The CLEVELAND
Plain Dealer" one Of the newspans,
correspondents in the Presidents nsl,. ,ei
and james H. Patterson, Of Portlana
VINO was driving his Packard CIR in tbn'
parade in honor Of the President - zig
The accident occurred a. Gresham
few miles cuc Of Portland on the Powell
Valley road leading 70 me Columns
river highway, over which the Pres
dents party had motored to Grow,
Point, q high bluff overlooking the "a
lumbia River Valley, about t7vontv-two
miles from Portland.
Two Correspondents Hurt
In addition r the man 1;noa 49,.
other nowsDaDer men. Robert Small ~
"The Philadelphia Public ledger" and
St@nley Meade Reynolds. Of The Bal-
timore sun we're injured. Revnoli,
sustained 4 broken arm and dislocataa
shoulder and cuts and bruises. Nv
/ Small. who was well-known war car
respondent. escaped with cuts ana
/ bruises. Reynolds is at the Good S.
marian Hospital in Portland. Sinai,
IS AZ the Portland Hotel, attended TO.
day ny DR.. Caly 7. Crayson, the Presi-
dents physician. Mr. Small said that
Re felt we'll enough 20 continue bls
journey with tie Presidents party. but
it Is doubtful whether ne Will 20 on
to n rht
Tho accident occurred when Mr. Pat
ters0n swerved his car 10 avoid col
lisic0 v.th . car driven bv 7. II. Bar
nett, G Nasco. Ore. who rad his
yrolher VII IA. Barnott said later
! ,,-,,4 :
all gone By and that was WY he backed
into the road erd was souarelv across
it whca P8tterscn's car. carving tho
epondert- came along. running
about forty miles al hour Mr.. Pat.
terson had fallen slightly back and
was making up time when the a.c-
dent occurred.
Are Hurled Twenty Feet
The right hand wheels OF the Pack
ard went into the ditch for about leo
feet with undiminished speed. When
Nr. Patterson. passing Earrett's car.
tried to get the heavy machiae back on
the road, he whir'cd too sharply and
the ear turned completely over. crush.
ing Patterson ana Allen under il and
throwing the other men twenty feet
into the bushes When Patterson was
reached he was dead but Allen was
breathing, remaining unconscious for
about ten minutes before the END
came.
Patterson had the reputation of be-
ing sailiful driver. The police ar
rested Barnett and his brother.
Alea, Reynolds and Small properly
belonged in car 7. When they reached
the'r appointed car 1t the Union Sta
Aon before the parade began they
round 1t occupied BY four people This
iact would have separated them. and
they decided to so further down the
ilne until they found an empty car so
that they might keep together as they
mad from the beginning Of the Journey
on Scptemh Der 3.
David Lawrence Of THE New York
Evening Post" also rad regularly oc-
cupled car : with the three named
bnt Mr.. Lawrence had an errand in
Portland and did not go on the ride to
Crown Point, thus escaping the acci-
dent.
Well Known as Correspondent
Benjamin +. Alien WAS one Of the
best known correspondents in Wash
ngso1' having represented The Cleve-
ana Plain Dealer there for more than
'ttsen years. He leaves wife and
little daughter.
Mr.. Patterson leaves a wife in Port
and an a sister in California. The
tragedy cast gloom over the luncheon
oy {. ). Jackson, publisher Of The
oregon Jourral,' given for the Pres-
dent at the Hotel Portland.
The President spoke Of it at the
opening of his address
IL naturally makes me somewhat
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