the aionxijra onEoojaAN. " Saturday. j uais 10, 1911. 12 j 1 1 i i ii i " " "' y iti' "" 1 t , ' llWl.i l. lTld. '-j IISt"3iSlsTf --iial'liiirii,t'gf', ' ""1'' ' " " """ 1 pair . Vl; ill 'J jwM FAMILY KILLED IN SLEEP BY FIEND William Hill, His Wife and Two Step-Children, Mutilated With Ax. MURDER COOLY PLANNED n I j-Mia rrcned Weapon Molcn rrom Distant Neighbor by IV Crnerate Majer Articles of Valor I'ntooched. foaling no tansibl clew but half tmnrfl. bloody finger prints upon tha body of his victims, a man whose Iden tity Is not known to tUe authorities, but who U believed unquestionably to bave ben a degenerate, murdered four per sona. In a roadside rabfn on ttie lll-wiuklf-Vli;bur road, about six miles from Portland, sometime after midnight yesterday morning. The dead ara Wil liam Hill, plumber. 32 years old: bis wife, Ruth Hill. 33; Philip ftlntoul. s. snd rorothy Rlntoul. X Tbe two chil dren wera Mrs. Hill s by a former mar riage, her first husband having been Jsmes P. Klntnui. a ne jpaperinaa of Salt Lake. W-tlm. Banc red With Ax. All the victims were chopped and battered with aa as. which was left by the bedside and the woman and her daughter, after death, wera as saulted. The annihilation of tbs Hill family la especially terrifying- to residents of the neighborhood for the reason that their deaths made aeven who have been murdered within the range of a pistol shot In the last two lecadea. When C. W. Matthews went to turn out his cow yesterday morning, ha noticed that his neighbors, the Hills. contrary to their usual custom, were not yet out of bed. After having breakfast, he started to work and on the way endeavored to arousa them. Receiving no response, he railed back to bis wife that she bad better aea what waa the matter. Neighbor Makes ll.covrry. Mrs. Matthews went to the Hill home. I b.ut loo yards away, and peering through a window, discovered the body of little toroihy In such an attitude aa to convince her that tbe child waa dead. tine entered the house, con firmed her suspicions, and at once noti fied fnrtrr Maas at Oregon 'lty and Justice Kelso at Milwaukle. Kelso, ac companied by A. II. Imwllng and Tom Kelley. went quickly to the place and made a cursory Investigation, which revealed the todies of the woman and the two children. Mr. and JJra. HIM war so huddl together that 'Sera seemed to be only one body, and thla gave rise to a report that the hus band waa missing. City teteetlvaa Carpenter and lrire were at once as signed to look out for him In Portland, but the order was quickly followed t-v the newa thst ha had been found dead beside his wife. Volunteer roMrt Make Search. Hhertrr Maaa and Coroner Fox. of Oregon City, within whoaa Juriadictlon the crime waa committed, and BherltT Stevens and !eputla Laoaard and Tal ler, from Portland, were quickly on the around and took charge of the In vestigation. Volunteer pert its of rlt Iiti gathered and heat the brush around the pla-e of the crime. In fleet ing hop. of discovering the murderer. The officers spent the day In question ing everyone In the neighborhood, gathering meager clem a that exploded at a touch. Because Teputy restrict Attorney fttipp was trying a rase at Oregon City, official action was not taken by the Coroner until after o'clock last night. and not until then were, the exact de tails of the crime known. Dr. Mount held an autopsy, which established conclusively tha treatment to which the woman and child had been sub muted. Man' Movements Tracked. The officers have established that mm time after o'clock Thursday rilgt the murderer went to. the home of R. T. I "elk. half a mile north of the Itill home, and stole a newly-aharp-ene-1 as, which leaned against a side porch. Then he went to the Hill home and the time of his arrival there la believed to be established br the fact that a few mlnutea after midnight a dog at the home rf Johan olsen. a near neighbor, showed most unusual excitement, barking frantically and Jumping at the windows aa If to arouse the Inmates, Mr. Olsen Is con vinced that the dog waa disturbed by the murderer and waa overwhelmed at the thougrit that bia sleepiness prob able prevented Mm from Interfering. The taking of the as from a piaca so remote from the crime convinces the effl-ers that ttie murderer knew whither re was bound when be took the weapon. The readlnesa with which be mads his war about the little boma and the dls pstrh with which ha must Lara accom plished the four homicides without giv ing any of hla vt.-tims a chance to ee rapa er even struggle, bear out this theory. That be bad been some dava about the neighborhood, la generally believed Mr. 11111 Killed Jlr.1. The murderer went first. It la thought, to the bed occupied bv Mr. and Mrs. Hill and slew the man first. To do a. ha must have grasped the han dle of the ax short, aa the waits of the T'ttle temporary cabin ara very low. Then he ki'.led the wo-ran. went to an aliolnlng alcove and killed the boy and ls.t turned his stten.n to the girl, who srt on a eon.-h in the llvtng room. Preparatory to the act he had Ptng clothing a"d other artlclea over te witnsowa Whether ha oed a light or depended upon fie moonlight could not bo e. taM'.shed. Afer the murders, the murderer coolly washed te blood from himself In the kitchen. Then It Is believed he turned b'a ster-e toward Cte tracks of the Ks taca,la electric road and Portland, aa In front of the Dels, house, within 1 f.e; of the place where tha ax was ate, en. Sheriff Utevens found a bit of rSeap toweling emearej with blood. tlodlea Are Mutilated. o fearful wsa the work of tha criminal, that when Coroner I'm em panneiied a Jury, last night and railed upon the neighbors to Identify tha bodies, none of them could say posi tively that the dead were tha members 'of the Hill family. T"r Mouat told tha Jurors the re.ults of his eaemlnatlon, which showed that Hill a head had been chopped until it was beyond recogni tion. Mrs, Hill bad a out across bee forehead, another en the left aide of tbs face. br upper teeth wera knocked out. and tha lower Jaw was fractured. Little Dorothy waa struck ever tha left eya with tha blade of tha ax. after a Brat blow had glanced. Then her body was turned over and the back of tna bead waa struck with tha poll of tha Tha boy Philip was beaten to death In Ilka manner. Dua to the Inspection tf Dr. Mount. also, waa tba discovery of bloody nnger-prrats. which, while of no valua In discovering the criminal, might ba Inestimable In bringing tha truth boma to blm when found. Upon the arms of tha boy and tha hips of tha girl tha physician found smeared prints which ha reported to .the officers. Deputy HherifT Leonard at once telephoned to Captain of Detectives Moore, asking blm to aaslgn Bertlllon Expert Hunter to make an effort to develop tha prints, and this aaaistanca was promised. Tbs undertakers were Instructed to leave undisturbed any Indications of this sort and afford Hunter an opportunity to preserve them. Robbery Not Motive. Robbery waa not a motive of tha murderer, for oa Mrs. Hills pillow. In plain sight, lay her handbag, contain ing mora than 14 and some bits of Jew elry, and on tha neck of tha little girl was left a locket of sums value. At tha aame time friends of tha murdered anea aay that two watches and a dia mond ring are missing from among their effects, but It la thought that they wilt ba found eventually. Tba meager evidence was heard by a Jary consisting of Herman I,oedlng. F. Financiers UP VITAL TAKE ISSUES Minneapolis Banker Empha sizes Education as Busi ness Asset.- POSTAL SAVINGS HIT Klamath Falls Depository Declared to Have Made Cnsatlsfaclory So Far Delegates Theater . Matinee. showing Attend A notable address at yesterday'a ses sion of the Oregon State Bankers" As- WOMAN AJTD HER TWO CHILDREN WHO. WITH HER HUS BAND. WERE SLAIN. r i ,1 V .4" 1 .Jl rl .t. -it r I -A . 5;v ' s r. MR. WILLIAM 1L HILL A.D PHILIP AND DOROTHY RIKTOl'L. W. I .eh ma n. Joe Snyder. William Scott. William Hansen and Homer Mullen and they returned a perfunctory verdict of death at the hands of an "unknown." Clews began to pour In as aoon ss tha crime waa reported, tha first com ing from a rltlsen of near Milwaukle named Walsh, who reported that a stranga man pasaed hla place yesterdsy morning and offered bis little girl 5 rents and tried to kisa her. I'eputr Sheriff I-ronard Investigated, but from tha description given by tha child could obtain no profitable lead. A canvasser from Portland, whose name could not be learned last nignt. but who Is known by sight to ana of tha officers, said that on Thursdsy after noon, aa he waa going along the Wills burg road, he met a man going toward Portland, whose actions aeemed peculiar. When the Informant approached be dodged Into the brush. Later on they met again, and this time ths strsnger was going In the opposite direction. Agsln he dodged Into the bruslr. The sgent said that he could Identify toe an If he saw him. Reward Will He Offered. Tentative offers of reward came from several sources yesterday and It Is prob able that today a sum will be made up sufficient to 'encourage the widest ac tivity In bunting down the) "criminal. Tha father of the murdered woman, tha Clackamas County authorities and Gov ernor West are expected to authorlxa offers of money for Information leading to a conviction. William Hill waa the representative In Sellsrood of the Portland tlaa Com pany, and waa generally well known In the southeast section of the city. He formerly lived In Milwaukle and hsd sn Interest In a sawmill there. He had been married twice, and was divorced from his first wife. Mrs. Hill was Ruth Cowing, dsughter of T. F. Cowing, once register of the Oregon City Land Of fice and now a member of the Portland firm of Cowing at Cowing, attorneys, Mrs. Hill was formerly the wife of Jsmes V. Rtntoui. now a resident of Salt Itke City, whom she divorced two yesrs ago on grounda of habitual drunkenness. Home Kcxfotly BoughL About a month ago. after living In fteilwood. Hill bought an acre near Ardenwald. erected a temporary cabin and set out a garden. Only half par titions bad been erected between the rooms, and this makes mere remark able the fact that the murderer was able to accomplish tha four deaths. On the kitchen table lay an arithmetic tn which the boy had been delving; when called to go to bed the nlgbt be fore, and ecrnwltog rows of figures on a sheet of paper told of his study. Ac quaintances who gathered about the home yesterday. In praise of the, members of the famiry and referred particularly to Hills Industry, saying that he worked from sunrise until sun set every day. At tne conclusion of ths Inquest the bodies were consigned to the cars of J. P. Flnley. undertaker, and lay last night In hla mortuary chapeL awaiting tbe arrangements of the relatives. Knoll Star of Tragedies. t;rewsome associations cluster around tbe little knoll upon which 'William Hill attempted to aet up his little 'home stead There, years ago. a man named Harvey killed hla mother and then himself. In 1J Mamie Walsh, a young g'rl was brutally murdered by Charles Wilson, who Joined the search ing parties and showed devilish Ingen uity In leading them away from the truth. Tbe crime was fastened upon Mm eventually and he committed aul cide by hanging himself In the Ore gon city Jail. These murders and thosa of the Hill family all were committed within a radlua of 0 feet. Across the sama vicinity the famous hunt after Harry Tracy was hot for a time. He ward for Player Offered. SALEM. Or.. June . Speclal.) . Governor Weat today poated Situ re ward for the slayer of William Hill and Ms family In lortland last night and also poated a reward of fisee for the rapture of tbe saurderer ef Mrs Griffith Bear Carvallls receaUy. soclstlon convention which opened In Woodman . Hsll. wss that delivered by Joseph Chapman. Jr.. vice-president of tbe Northwestern National Bank of Min neapolis, whose topic waa "A Business Man's Interest In Education." The con vention will closa this morning with a business session. After characterising the greater part of our present day educational facili ties aa practically useless, Mr. Chapman aald In part: "Senator Toung. of Iowa, said that the Km pi re of Japan, with Its 4U.000.000 people, lives on less thsn the people of the United States throw out of their back doors every night. The average peasant of Franca la worth more than tha average business man of the Uni ted States. The reason the United States cannot do business In South America Is that It can't compete with t - i kgiiawssxeaaawssasssisaeasawasM r f " .rV".V', I I !: s J r I C t : k 7 f w Jeeepa rhapasaa. Jr. ef Minne apolis, Waa) Addreased Oreg Bankers. -! Germany. France and Germany ara giving their children practical educa tion to fit them to ba self-supporting, while we train thsm to be sducated loafers. "Minnesota Is spending 114.000.000 In educating Its 415.000 children. Slnss aota la educating 4 per cant of lta population to be producers. "Agriculture has lta place In tbe schools and we also established 10 ag ricultural high schools In addition to the regular agricultural colleges. fi could not find teachers snough to man those 10 schools In Minnesota, an agri cultural state, showing how far we had drifted from tha eolL They were such a success that we later established 2 additional schools of this sort. . Edncatlon Is Essential. Ths best friend you will bave In set tling your lands In Oregon Is practical education along these lines. No matter how earnest an educator Is.' we are so sngrossed In ths question of making moqey that we leave a far more Im portant matter, the education of tha child, to others. Ths boys turned out of our city grammar schools are equipped with nothing practical. Tha farmer today la the most Independent business man In the country." In his annual "president's address." Ales Martin. Jr., cashier of the Kla math County Bank at Klamath Falls, spoke optimistically of the general financial conditions throughout the country, particularly calling attention to tha great railroad construction ac tivity of which Oregon has been ths scene during the last year. Mr. Martin made reference to what he character ised as the unsatisfactory showing thus far made by the postal savings bank operated at Klamath Falls. Especially tbe speaker Indorsed the present state banking laws, referring to them as "good as can be formulated by any man or set of men." Klastlc Currency Crged. With his subject, "Banking and the Aldrlch Currency System." Irving I. Moulton. vice-president and cashier of the Bank of California National Asso ciation. San Francisco, dwelt upon the Importance of developing a system which will give an elastic currency in time of stress so ss to meet the legiti mate demands of cllenta. Comparing our ayatem with that em ployed In England and Europe Mr. Moulton found the American methods lacking. "I believe our system of permitting commercial banks to operste either un der National or stste laws Is unwise." said Mr. Moulton. In part. "Every bank doing Interstate business should receive Its charter from the United States alone. Thus uniformity In bank ing lawa and methods would result." After citing the causes that often lead up to financial crises, Mr. Moulton referred to tha Aldrlch currency sys tem ss meriting much attention, as It offers a method of Improving banking condltlona. Speaking of the Aldrlch plan, he .continued In part: "The smaller banks would "receive proportionately as great benefit as the larger Institutions. Tha crop-moving season la the time when banks are obliged to borrow most heavily. Then the country banka Buffer aa severely as do their city brothers. Both should welcome a reform that would create a more Intelligent use of assets than Is now possible. This matter of elastic ity Is so well set forth In tbe Aldrlch plan that It scarcely needs explaining. It Is universally conceded that tha Ald rlch system of establishing the cur rency system and discount centers mora nearly approaches what will be accept able to the entire country than any thing yet exploited. The fear of tha smsller bank regarding the working out of the Aldrlch system Is without foundation." Livestock Is Topic. ' D. O. JJvely addressed the convention on the subject of "Livestock as a Bank Security." Referring to the slight In crease that has been made In the rural population of the state aa compared with that of the cities. Mr. Lively said that In his opinion one resson for this condition waa that In the publicity work done for the state too much at tention had been devoted to the exploi tation of orchards and not enough to that of the farms and fundamental ag ricultural enterprises. In speaking of the excellent charac ter of livestock ss bsnk security Mr. Lively developed some pertinent facts and figures. In part he said: "I am in possession of a record which shows the loaning of f40.0e0.000 In 10 years with livestock paper as security, and the losses Incident to this vast business were less than 110,000. I am not cognizant of any other class of loans to which can be applied the aame showing. Given this knowledge as to the security or livestock as a bank col. lateral, I am warranted In urging upon the bankers the encouragement of the livestock Industry." CIRCUS PROJECT SPOILED Promoter Arrested After Stealing Tent and Before Getting Animals. "I was going to collect a few animals and start a circus." said Dirk Reynolds, ancient derelict, in explaining why he bad atolen a tent from the Willamette Tent & Awning Company. He was csught by Patrolman Wade at Second and Couch streets, stsggerlng along un der the weight of canvas and looking Ilka a full-rlgged ship in distress. As Reynolds hsd a bad police record. Judge Tax we 11 gave him a sentence of six months at the city quarry. Right In your busiest season when you have the least time to snare you are most likely to take diarrhoea and lose sevaral days' time, unless you have Chamberlain's Colic. Cholera and Diar rhoea Remedy at hand and take a dose on the first appearance of the disease. For sale by all dealers. PROTEST IS MADE Valley Sheepherders Oppose Lowering Tariff. REASONS ARE SET FORTH Arrangements Perfected for Co operative Sale of Product Port land Market Attracts Atten tion of tbe Woolgrowers. A protest against the lowering of the tariff on wool, greater advertising of the wool products, the establishment of a central depot for the selling of wool and the guaranteeing of the wool sold were the principal recommenda tions of the Willamette Valley Wool growers' meeting In Portland yester day. The session was attended by rep resentative sheepbreeders from all over the valley. C. L. Hawley, Thomas Brunk and F. A. Koser were appointed members of a committee to arrange for the making of a central depot, through which the product of the association should be sold, with the guarantee of the asso ciation. Tbe officers of the association elected were: President, Charles Cleve land, of Gresham: vice-president, F. A. Koser. of Rlckreall; secretary, C D. Mlnton, of Portland; treasurer, Isaac E. Staples; executive committee, the of ficers and C. C. Beers, of Cornelius. N. W. Potter, of Sheridan, and Edward Schoel. of Albany. The ability of the valley to produce all the wool used In Portland and its exploitation were suggestions made by speakers. About 20 per cent of the wool used In Portland last year came from the Willamette Valley and Idaho growers are making strong efforts to control the wool market of Portland, was stated. CHURCH ELECTION HELD Evangelical Lutherans Convene and Select Officers for Northwest. The district conference of the Evan gelical Lutheran Church, for the synod of the United States. In session at the St. Paul Church. East Twelfth and Clinton streets, elected yesterday the following officers for the ensuing year: President. T. Groschupf, of Spokane. Wash.; vice-president, A. Krause, of Portland; secretary, F. A. Graebner, of Spokane; treasurer, S. Pauschert. Consideration of tbe mission fields In the district took up the time of conference yesterday, and last night A. F. Meyer, of the Pacific Seminary, of Olympla, delivered an address on the educational Interest of that institu tion. He set forth the progress which had been made and also spoke of the needs of the seminary. Mr. Meyer also aald that the Institution is making ex cellent progress and is gaining stu dents. This afternoon the members of the conference will visit the different points of interest In Portland. Tomor row, services will be conducted the main portion of the day. Rev. Mr. Schuette. of Columbus, O.. president of the Lutheran synod of the United States, bss arrived and Is taking part In the proceedings. The conference rep resents Oregon, Washington, part of Idaho and British Columbia, where It has many missionary stations. Northwestern Folk Visit Gotham. NEW YORK. June 9. (Special.) People from the Pacific Northwest reg istered at New fork hotels today as follows: From Portland At the Marl brough, J. Grlnde. At the St. Denis. W. O. Hockln and wife. From Sprague, Wash. 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