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Show W. H. BANCROFT ANSWERS CALL Was Vice President of Oregon Short Line and Salt Lake Route W. II. Bancroft, first vlco president presi-dent of tho Salt Lake Homo, vlco president of the Oregon Short Lino and for many years general manager of tho Orogon Short Lino, died at his homo In Salt Lako at 0:30 o'clock on Thursday night. Ho had been gradually gradu-ally failing for several weeks and Wcdnosday morning suffered a stroke of apoplexy from which ho could not recover. Ho was stricken at about Y o'clock in tho morning while taking u bath and his ago and weakened condition con-dition rnado It apparent from (bo first that tho stroko would provo fatal. fa-tal. Ha did not regain conscious-nos. conscious-nos. i , |