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THE MORNING OREGONIAN. MONDAY. PECE31BER lb, 1912. DEMOCRATS IN SPLIT HOPE FOR 2 OCEAN EX-AD JUT ANT-GENE RAi WASHINGTON NATIONAL GUARD, FOR WHOM PARDON IS SOUGHT. The gift AVIATORS 15 LOST Hawley Divides Indorsements With Will R. King. J ... Gale Imperils Glenn H. Martin in Work of Rescue All Search Is Futile. INTERIOR POST IS SOUGHT Governor Makes Trip to Washington BROKEN PONTOON IS FOUND and 'Discusses Situation With Fred T. Dubois and Senator Perky, New Appointee. ft I Horace Kea rny and Chester rence, Newspaperman-Passenger, Believed to Have Met Death In Attempt to Fly Along Coast. (CVntlmid From F1rt Par. because of engine trouble, ' and the heavy seas had wrenched off the pon toon, causing the craft to lose Its equi librium and hurling the men into the water. There is little doubt that Kearny brought down the machine soon after he had passed out of sight beyond Point I'irmin at 1:30 o'clock yesterday after noon. Martla's Atr Craft Endangered. Leaving: Newport Beach at 9 o'clock this morning Aviator Martin flew to Fan Pedro, where he took aboard Mr. Garbutt, whose power yacht was used In the search. Martin flew up the coast for 40 miles to Point Mugu, Gar butt with binoculars scanning the wa ters for pieces of wreckage that would tell the fate of the airmen. They knew that the hydroaeroplane Itself would have sunk Immediately had it met with a mishap. At Point Magu Martin alighted on the water to take fuel from the power boat Imp, which escorted the air craft, but after the gasoline tank had been replenished it was found that it was Impossible to negotiate another ascent because of the high seas. The Imp then took the hydroaero plane in tow and the trip to San Pedro was made safely untfl Just outside the breakwater, when the Imp ran out of fuel. Water and air craft tossed help lessly about and before assistance could reach them the hydroaeroplane was almost totally wrecked. Martin Think Both Are Dead. "I believe Kearny and Lawrence are at the bottom of the sea." These were the first words uttered by Martin on his return from searching the channel between Catallna and the mainland for a trace of the missing aviator and his passenger. Martin said that, judging by the bat. tie he bad had with the rough seas, on which his machine alighted twice and finally was wrecked, Kearny s hydro aeroplane could not have lasted long, even if it had had no previous mishap, once it landed on the waters. Martin said he left Newport shortly after 9 o'clock this morning to begin the search for Kearny. Passing over the harbor, he sighted Frank Garbutt's yacht, making its way out, and landed lust Inside the breakwater to taae liar. butt aboard the flying machine. Mar tin, with the yachtsman as passenger, flew northward as far as Point Mugu, 40 miles from San Pedro. Searcher Only Sighted. "We grldironed the air back and forth for 20 miles or more out to sea. Martin said. "There was not a sign of Kearny's machine. We saw steamers and tbe fleets of boats out looking for the mlBslnft flyers, but nothing else. "A stiff gale blew all day. The sea was rough. It was foggy, ana u tne same conditions ruled yesterday when Kearny passed over the same area. It Is a virtual certainty that he lost his course. I understand he was not pro vided with a compass. "Being lost, he probably was forced to come down, and, as I said, with the sea. so rough, there is little doubt that Kearny and Lawrence perished." . Martin and Garbutt each was com pletely exhausted by their battle with air and ocean. Garbutt s yacnt, SKia bladnlr, and other boats remained out tonight, their crews asserting that they would stay out at least until tomorrow morning. ' Green Tank seem From Afar. Mike Clark was the deep-sea fisher. man who picked up the metal air tank that had been one of Kearny's safety devices. Clark was coming in from San Clement's Island with a catch of fish when he saw the green-painted tank floating about Ave miles on Re dondo beach, which lies a few miles north of Point Firmin. "The tank was five feet long and ten Inches in diameter," said Clark, "I did not know anything of the aeroplane flight over the ocean until I landed at Jforth Beach. When I heard of it I thought then I had found a part of the wreckage. Day, who built the machine, identi fied the tank as one of the two air tanks placed on either wing to prevent the wing from sinking when a landing was made in heavy seas. In the forlorn hope that Kearny and Lawrence may have effected a landing along a section of the Malibu coast In accessible to automobiles, a searching party beaded by Sheriff Hammell left late tonight to scour a stretch of rocky country about 20 miles long. Lawrence was 26 years old and a graduate of Dartmouth College. He was born In New York. He came here about five years ago and had been em ployed on local papers. He was mar ried two years ago to Miss Blanche Robertson, daughter of a banker In On tario, Cal. KEARXT NOTED FOR THRILLERS Fate That Overtook Aviator Ahwars Discounted. SAN FRANCISCO. Deo. 15. Eighteen months marked the span of life allot ted to Horace' Kearny. Kearny was claimed by the Pacific Coast, where he did most of his work, though born In the Middle West. Limp ing on one ankle, shattered in a fall In St. Louis, he devised "thrillers" almost dally and discounted them at night. . "This game will 'get me,", he said over and over. "It gets all of us." Kearny flew In Los Angeles and Oakland meets, and last Summer In a tour of ten days through the Middle West flew every day except one with out an accident.. In Springfield, 111 his engine stopped. "I'm "sure shot Kearney,'" he said, "but I'll go the way the rest of them went.'" Kearny was born in Kansas and was 2S years old. His father and mother. Mr. and Mrs. J. A. Kearny, and a brother, Archie, live In Kansas City. Kearny began life In . the United States Navy and became an expert elec trician. Four years ago he went to work in the aeroplane factory of the Curtiss company and remained there for two and one-half years before undertaking to fly on his own account. His successes in the international avi- V : ::: ' . :,. ' .' " t . I - J? f ... : - 1 s V us. -ORTIS HAMILTON. ation meet In Chicago pleased him, but not so much as his future plans. "I'll fly in San Francisco in Decern ber." he told his friends, "and then I'll fly the Grand Canyon of the Colo rario River." He was engaged to marry Miss Lou ise Mcpherson, of Madisonviue. K.y. and named his hydroaeroplane "Snoo- kums" after his pet name for his nan cee. MANAGER HAS FAINT HOPE Bare Possibility of Making Island Is Seen. SAN FRANCISCO, Dec. 15. "That settles it," said w. ti. ncaens, tv-eai- m..nar h,r, tnnlf ht. When told of the finding of the pontoon from the hydroaeroplane. that while the machine was lost the men might have made an island,- by some chance not taken Into account. "Kearny must have lost himself In the fog," was Mr. Pickens explana tion of the wild drive to sea above mrmn- "Wa would take almost any chance, but unless he was lost there was no reason lor jus leaving land. Hi. X at.Jft.GUO o.u " .. made to have Kearny accompanied by one or tne torpeao nouua wnn;u nn In San liego naroor. uecausc Buius v u.i, flact wtji In rirvrinclc at Mare Island, however, the request was refused. Then Kearny aeciaea 10 bu ahead anyway. . nl. n nf mnlrlmp the Los Angeies-san rancisco uisui. ac cording to Kearny s manager, lxlw- . . . 1 . HH r. l" . n m V whfl VBl He. lighted with the plan, and the two ex plained It to Manager Pickens, after they naa woraea oui m irnuinacuu, regarding the probably disastrous ef fect or tne loss 01 me poniuuu uy uc clarlng that the men might yet be L',rf hv thlr "floater." a 17-foot water-tight boat swung under the axis of the hydroaeroplane. "It would be possible for them to Vu flint avnn if both DOntoons were lost and the hydroplane capsized," he said. "The floater is 2 feet thick and weighs 150 pounds. While it Is bunt liae a nai-Dotiomea ouai, u ia Inclosed at the top and the men could ride on It If the machine turned over. "It will carry a flotation of 2750 n.i,nrio anH tho tnto.1 welcht nf the men and the hydroaeroplane would not be more than 1550 pounds. It would require an exceedingly rough sea to sink the craft, unless the 'floater' were punctured by broken rods. When Engle dropped into Lake Michigan, near South Chicago, in the anmo kind nf craft, he rode the roueh sea for four hours until he was towed in by a tug." KEARXT REMEMBERS MOTHER Will Mado Before Flig-ht Disposed of Property to Family. KANSAS CITY. Mo, Dec. 15. Re alizing the hazardous nature of avia tion, Horace Kearny, the aviator, soon after his first successful flights, sent a substantial sum of money to his mother, who lives here, to be used to Day funeral expenses In case of his death. The money is deposited in a Kansas City bank. He also made a will, bequeathing his property to his mother, brother and sister. Kearny was born and reared here. His daring In aeroplane flights has at tracted much attention and resulted In his being suspended from a meet in Chicago after he had been fined J200. Aviator's Aunt Still Hopes. DENVER. Deo. 16. "Horace is not dead. He will turn up all right. He is Impervious to the accidents that be fall aeroplanists," said Mrs. John Mitchell, aunt of Horace Kearny. "He has been in 14 accidents since he started to fly." . HAMILTON CASE UP Parole of ex-Adjutant-General to Be Considered. CONVICT'S CONDUCT GOOD Former Washington Official, At though Eligible to Parole for Two Years, Hitherto Has Not Asked Clemency. WALLA WALLA, Wash., Dec. 15. (Special.) A special meeting of the Board of Pardons will be held at the Penitentiary tomorrow, at which the granting of a parole to Ortis Hamil ton, ex-Adjutant-General and one of the widest-known men In prison, will be considered. The meeting la called to act only In this case, according to members of the Board of Control here today. While Hamilton has been eligible for parole for two years, having begun the serving of a one to ten-year sentence for embezzlement of state funds Feb ruary 26, 1910, no attempt has been made previously to obtain his release. It was reported at the time his case was compromised that a part of the agreement was that he was to serve more than the minimum. Hamilton was accused on two other counts forgery and obtaining money under false pretenses but these cases were never pressed. Hamilton's appeal to the Supreme Court was adopted as a part of the compromise agreement. Hamilton has been all tne term im plies, "a model prisoner," since he was received on the hill and donned a gray uniform. He pleaded with War den Reed for hard work, saying his muscles had become flabby with long confinement In the Thurston County Jail. He was there nearly a year and was put at outdoor work. Later be was made trusty and then storekeeper. Hamilton has been shunning pub licity since he has been a convict Whenever anyone approached the store-house, Hamilton always turned his head and appeared engrossed In something distant. SCHOOL PRANKS BARRED Vancouver High Students Must Xot Haze One Another, Is Decree. VANCOUVER, Wash.. Dec. 15. (Spe cial.) High School festivities, where there is probability of "rough" tactics. such as giving a student a haircut gratis, have been forbidden, and the High School football banquet has been postponed on account of this order. Trouble started early in the year, when higher classmen raided a fresh man party and confiscated thalr re freshments. All would have been well, but some of those In the raid made boasts about it and this was resented. Rosclus Back, son of Judge-elect Back, of the Superior Court of Clark County, was captured and given a haircut by lower classmen. The faculty, desiring to eliminate such tactics, has put the ban on such actions. The faculty has also succeed ed in doing away with High School fraternities by having all who enter school sign a pledge, on their honor, to have nothing to do with secret organ izations while attending the Vancouver High School. BOISE, Idaho, Dec, 15. (Special.) Idaho Democrats are waging a merry row within their ranks over the port folio of Secretary of the Interior, which, it is now believed, will be given to a Western man. Governor James H. Haw. ley, who- has been pushed forward as the 'favorite son" of this state, has been In Washington In behalf of Idaho's school lands, and while there was given an opportunity to confer with party leaders. He is expected home tnis week. While in Washington he met Senator K. L Perky and ex-Unltea States Senator Fred T. Dubois. The row In the party broke out when M. Alexander, one of the prominent Democrats.' a candidate for Governor four years ago, declared he proposed to support Will R. King, National com mitteeman from Oregon. Mr. Alexander bad written a letter to friends In Vale wherein he paid Mr. King a high tribute and declared the lntermountaln coun try should unite on him. The support ers of Governor Hawley did not hide their anger over the Alexander episode. Vale Promptly Keapondn. The Vale Commercial Club and prom. lnent Eastern Oregon Democrats re. ceived with enthusiasm Mr. Alexander's indorsement, and in turn eulogized Mr, King. In his letter to them Mr. Alex ander said: "King is a Western man, an Oregon man, and was reared and brought up right close to Vale and Ontario. Tour people have qever gotten your share of National benefits which other cities and communities have received in tbe past, and I believe that If you would urge your Commercial Club to hold a mass meeting of the town and then and there declare yourselves, irrespec tive of past party affiliations, In favor of Hon. Will R. King for the offl.ee of Secretary of the Interior, and have a copy sent to President-elect Wilson, Oregon and its close proximity would reap greater benefits thereby t nan any other one thing which has occurred in your community since Its existence. Idaho Democrat Aroused. The Vale club acted on Mr. Alexan der's suggestions, and the resolutions and Indorsement were drafted and for. warded to President-elect Wilson. Th Ontario Commercial Club and the Coun cil also fell into line and passed strong resolutions favoring Mr. King. When Idaho Democrats learned of the action of Mr. Alexander they were indignant, and are still, not because Mr. King was Indorsed, for the National committeeman f.-om Oregon has a host of friends In Boise and Idaho, put Oe- cause an effort had been made here to launch a boom for Governor Hawley as the favorite son of Idaho. While it is known that Mr. Alexander Is not in sympathy with Governor Hawley politi cally, for Alexander belongs to the Nugent-Pence wing of the party, still Democrats assert that, in view of the fact the chief executive' of the state was virtually In the race, It was up to Alexander to support him. That Mr. Alexander is not the only Idaho Democrat who is working In opposition to the Governor, is conceded by party leaders here. The friends of the Gov ernor believe, however, they will still be able to land their man, with the Influence at Washington of Senator Perky and ex-Senator Dubois. Wyoming Has Aspirant. Wyoming has made an appeal to Idaho Democrats to support ex-Governor Osborne of that state for the port folio, and special representatives have been sent into this state from Wyoming endeavoring to secure an indorsement from party leaders. So far they have not been successful, tor Democracy In Idaho Is divided in Its support be tween Governor Hawley and Mr. King. NEW CHAPEL DEDICATED CONVICTS BUILD STRUCTURE AT WAXXA WALLA. ' Penitentiary Addition to Be Devoted to Religious Services, Shows and Moving Pictures. WALLA WALLA, Wash., Dee. 15. (Special.) The handsome new $25,000 convict-built chapel at the State. Peni tentiary was dedicated this afternoon In the preeence of members of the Board of Control, prominent local cltl zens. Superintendent C. S. Reed, of the prison, and convicts. 8. B. L. Penrose, president of Whitman College, deliv ered the address, speaking at consider able length. Musio was furnished by the prison orchestra, a quartet, a bari tone singer and a cornet player.- H. T. Jones, of the Board of Control, also spoke. The new chapel Is a much - needed building, fur, until now, the convicts have had no place to gather except in the dining-room of the prison, and it is not well arranged for meetings at which addresses are to be delivered, The new chapel is connected with the Wives Mothers Sisters Sweethearts! Here's the gift that every man who smokes a pipe or rolls his own cigarettes will be grateful for. It's delicious Prince Albert tobacco. 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The chapel has a stage with scenery and curtains, and the chairs are as comfortable as can be found In any theater. The only reminders or tne fact that it Is part of the prison are the barred windows, and that on each side of the stage is a cage In which Is stationed an armed guard to provide against any possible trouble. The chapel has seats for 1000 persons on the lower floor and 170 In the bal cony. In the lower part of the balcony will be installed a motion-picture ma chine, and the convicts will be shown the latest movies. The structure is entirely rireproor. constructed of brick and concrete, heat ed with steam and lighted by elec tricity. It was built in its entirety by convlci labor working under the direc tion of William Quinn, ohlef engineer. The work started lant February. The chapel Is to be used for re ligious services and secular entertain ments. The convicts are now working on a big minstrel show, with vaude ville specialties, to be given Christmas night. Some first-class talent is in the prison. SLAYER ISN0T BELIEVED Dlllman Tells Graphic Story of Girl's Death In Mine. PALOUSE, Wash., Dec. 15. Jesse Dlllman, who Bhot and killed 18-year- old Agnes Liner in the underground workings of the MUpah mine at Har vard, Idaho, late Wednesday night, and then attempted to take bis own lite, told his version of the tragedy today when brought here for medical atten tion. Dlllman Bays when Miss Liner re fused Wednesday night to marry mm, he told her he would "blow his brains out," seized a revolver and cartridge belt and ran Into the Mizpan tunr.ei to carry out his threat. He said Miss Liner attempted to restrain nim ana followed him into the tunnel begging him not to take his life. When she found he was determined, Dlllman said, she asked him to shoot her also. He said he- shot the girl twice, killing her and then wounaea himself twice in the head, afterward firing two more shots at a party of miners who entered the tunnel to in vestigate. When morning came, Dill- man crawled from the tunnel. Dlllman's story Is not credited by the officers, who declare they believe he shot Miss Liner and attempted to es cape, shooting himself only when he found his way to freedom blocked by tbe party of miners. Dlllman probably will die. Fish Hatchery Site Sought. KLAMATH FALLS, Or.. Deo. 15. (Special.) I. H. Wilson, state superin tendent, is here to examine the sites offered for a fish hatchery on ths tributaries of Upper Klamath Lake. Three sites are offered on Crystal Creek, one by D. B. Campbell and W. T. Shive. of this city, and two by Gus Melhase. One other site on this creek is offered by Mr. Brown, but he Is not willing to donate the land, offering a lease free of charge. Other sites on other creeks will be inspected and the facts reported to the Game and Fish Commission at the meeting in Portland, Or., next week, when a decision is expected. 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