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PARMALEE, WRIGHT AVIATOR,
VICTIM OF YAKIMA VALLEY
AIR CURRENT
"FIANCEE WITNESSES ACCIDENT
Warning Ignored By Air Pilot, Who
Laughs At Tricky Wind-
Girl Becomes
Hysterical
NORTH YAKIMA, Wash., June 1.
With a smile and a kiss thrown to
his fiancee, Miss C. E. Turpin, and a
wave of his hand to the thousands
who watched him, Philip O .Parmalee,
one of the Wright aviators, took the
air in the teeth of a gusty west wind
here this afternoon for his first flight.
Three minutes later his broken and
lifeless body was dragged from be
neath tbe wreckage of his biplane in
an apple orchard in the lower 'end of
Moxee Valley, two miles from his
starting point.
The exact cause of the disaster that
plunged him 400 feet -to death prob
ably never will be known.
As he rose from before the grand
stand at the fair grounds, Parmalee
swung to the west over the Yakima
River. He rose to a height of about
400 feet and his speed increased to
almost a mile a minute, authough it
was noticed that his plane dipped and
rolled and seemed to be controlled
with difliculty.
When he had gone about two miles
from the fair grounds, he swung in
a wide circle to the eastward for the
return journey. As he squared away
before the wind, the great plane
checked its course, fluttered a second
like a wounded bird and plunged be
low the line of trees.
It is; thought by the mechanicians
who were employed by Parmalee that
a sudden gust from one of the draws
or small canyons that notch the sides
of Moxee Valley struck the machine
and rendered the elevating planes un
manageable. The body of the unfortunate aviator
was draged from beneath the wreck
age of the machine by farmers who
were working in the orchard, but his
skull was fractured and he must have
died instantly.
Among the first to reach the scene
of the disaster from the fair grounds
was Miss C. E. Turpin, Parmalee's
fiancee, and a sister of J. Clifford Tur
pin, his brother aviator, who met with
the accident at Seattle Thursday. Al
most hysterical from grief, she gath
ered his broken body in her arms, in
sisting frantically that he was not
dead. Even after the body had been
examined by physicians, she insited
that the spark of life remained ,and
demanded that efforts be made to re
suscitate him.
"You remember how it was with
l'amf'O' ' sh-j lepea'td ove.' stirt o
er again. She refused to leave the
body until it was necessary to turn It
over to the undertakers.
NETS LARGE SUN
The beneflit dance given George
Marley, the millworker, at Busch's
hall Saturday night was attended by
at least 200 couples. It was one of
the moat successful benefits ever giv
en in this city, and its success was
due entirely to Mr. Marley's popular
ity and the efforts of his frienflSk
Parsons' Orchestra of Portland, play
ed. Mr. Marley recently lost all the
fingers on both of his hands whiTe op
erating a calender. His condtion,
however, is improving rapidly, and he
will soon be able to resume work.
The proceeds were satisfactory.
At the
Electric Today
HATT1E WADE MACK
will appear for the last
time in all new songs and
monologues.
Ask those who saw her
last night if theydidn't
smile, and you will to
day. She is one of the
greatest of IRISH COM
EDIENNES. 4 of the Best Reels of Pictures
and good music com
plete the day's bill.
Tomorrow Look for the big Or
pheumAct Melvin and O'Neil
The race track touts, in
troducing Harmony singing and Coon
Shouting. These people are first
class performers
FRIENDLY RIVALRY TEACHES
LESSON WHICH POLITICIANS
SHOULD PONDER
JUDGES TO BE REPRESENTATIVE MEN
Some Day, Perhaps, The Great Con
ventions of Republicans and
Democrats May Be On
As High Plane
S STANDING OF CANDIDATES $
8 Ruby McCord 221,200 S
$ Joseph Sheahan 47,200 S
S Kent Wilson 33,600 $
John Brown 15,000 $
S John Weber 6,800 8
John Haleston 6,000 &
S A. G. Kindler 7,200 $
The judges in the great automobile
contest, which will close Wednesday
evening at 7 o'clock, will be chosen
tomorrow or Tuesday. They will be
representative men, and the candi
dates need have no fear as to
square deal being accorded them.
There will be no hard feelings, no
criminations or recriminations such
as will follow the Chicago or Balti
more conventions. This is a battle
that will be won by the candidate that
deserves to win, and politics will have
no part in determining the result
It is a pity political conventions can
not be conducted as harmoniously, as
free from bickering, backbiting, cast-
ieation, contumely, as this newspaper
race for an automobile and a valuable
second prize. The reason, however,
is simple everything has been free
and above board in this contest. The
prizes were offered and the ftandi-
dates have worked for them knowing
full well that vicf&'ry or success de
pended entirely upon their efforts. In
the great political conventions, how
ever, every candidate and almost ev
ery friend of every candidate, figur-
ativey speaking, has his knife ready
for the enemy. Who knows but that
such contests as this one, where on
ly friendly and honest rivalry exists,
may eventually, when the coming gen
erations will control the political des
tinies of the country, aid materially
in purifying politics?'
But while you are giving this ques
tion consideration do not forget that
the race closes at 7 o'clock Wednes
day evening and that not one ballot
received after that time will be count
ed. A
GATHER AT CHICAGO
CHICAGO, June 1, (Special.) Chi
cago became the center of the politi
cal horizon of the United States to
day. In Washington the lids of the
desks were jammed down at the Na
tional headquarters of the Taft and
Koosevelt seats of war aid hosts of
managers, "gum shoe" brigades and
press agents began the march on the
city by the lake. '
Monday will see four National head
quarters mixing things up in Chica
go. From break of day until the cur
tain falls on the convention, the rest
of the country will be in political ob
scurity, Baltimore not excepted. The
headquarters, managers and locations
will be:
Taft headquarters at the Congress
Hotel, in charge of Representative
McKinley.
Roosevelt headquarters at the Con
gress Hotel, in charge of Senator Dix
on.
La Follette headquarters, in charge
of Walter L. Houser at the Grand
Pacific Hotel.
Cummins headquarters in the Rect
or building. '
The official list of contests filed so
for was given out by the National
committee today as numbering 228.
The list does not include the Alaska
contests or those which may be filed
following the South Dakota, Arizona
or Ohio elections of delegates. Six
at large are still to be named in Ohio.
Several contests which had been ex
pected were withdrawn at the last
moment. This was true of the Sev
enth Indiana district and several
Kentucky districts.
BIBLE CLASS WILL
The Brotherhood Bible Class of the
Congregational church has started
the study of "Woman and the Com
munity." The topic for June is "Wo
man's Public Activities," and it will
have an important hearing on certain
public questions especially equal suf
frage. There promises to be a live
ly discussion of this subject It is
thought prominent speakers may be
obtained to support both sides of the
question. The class meets, at noon
every Sunday at the church.
MRS. MORRISON TO GIVE
PATRIOTIC RECITAL
Mrs. Bess Gearhard Morrison, of
Lincoln, Neb., will give a patriotic re
cital at 7:30 o'clock this, evening at
the Methodist church for the ebenfit
of the old soldiers. Dr. Ford, pastor
of the church, inviters all to attend
the services. Mrs. Morrison gave a
recital Memorial Day, which delight
ed the members of Mead Post, Grand
Army of the Republic and their
friends.
MISS LEVVTHWAITE
AND MR
CARYWED
REV. ROBINSON OFFICIATES AT
CEREMONY IN EPISCOPAL
CHURCH
ONLY RELATIVES IN ATTENDANCE
Couple, After Honeymoon, Will Go To
Housekeeping Bride One
Of City's Most Pop
ular Girls
The marriage of Miss Alice Lewth
waite, only daughter of Mr. and Mrs.
John Lewthwaite, of the West Side
and Mr. James; H .Cary, of this city
was solemnized in the St. Paul's Epis
copal church Saturday morning at 10
o'clock, Rev. C. W. Robinson, rector,
officiating. The cermony was "wit
nessed by only relatives of the cou
ple, and immediately after the bride
and bridegroom left f or Portland by
automobile, and from that city will
leave on their honeymoon. Upon their
return they will make their home on
the West Side. The bride was be
comingly attired in a traveling suit
with hat to match. She carried a
white prayerbook. The church was
prettily decorated with white roses
and ferns.
well known and highly esteemed f
young women. She came to this city
with her parents from California, but
has spent most of her life in Oregon
City, where she has many friends.
She is the only daughter of Mr. and
Mrs. John Lewthwaite, the former be
ing superintendent of the Willamette
Pulp & Paper Company.
Mr. Cary came to Oregon City five
years ago from California to accept
position with the Willamette Pulp
& Paper Company. He is, a graduate
of the University of California at
Berkley, and Is a member of the Chi
Phi Fraternity. He is one of Oregon
City's most prominent Elks, holding
the office of esteemed lecturing
knight. '
M1LLMEN WIN PRIZES
, FOR SUGGESTIONS
The first prize for mechanical sug
gestions by employes at the mills of
the Willamette Pulp & Paper Cam
pany for the past quarter was won
by George Dunmire, machine tender,
and second prize by Edgar S Ingram,
machine tender of number fou ma
chine. . Both suggestions will be od
opted and in addition to the cash priz
es of $5 and 2.50 these men will be
given credit for the use of their brains
in other than their regular line of duty-
......
Many good suggestions have been
made by men in the mills and the
bonus system of reward is also very
popular with the men..
SINGLE TAX MEASURE
IS FILED BY TON
SALEM, Or., June 1, (Special.) W.
S. U'Ren filed with the secretary of
state today an initiative measure pro
viding for single tax in Clackamas
county. This isj the 'second initiative
bill to be filed for submission to the
people at the next election. The title
of bill is as follows;
"A bill for a local law for the coun
ty of Clackamas to exempt from taxa
tion all trades, labor, professions, bus
iness, occupations, personal property
and improvements oh, Mn and under
land, to require that all taxes levied
and collected within said Clackamas
county shall be levied on and collect
ed from the assessed values of land
and other natural resources, separate
from the -improvements thereon, and
on and from the assessed value " of
public service corporation franchises
and rights of way."
I
. ' 3 Couple Get Licenses
Marriage licenses were issued Sat
urday to Bessie Balcon and F. E. No
ah; Clara M. Caufleld and Willian B.
Wood and Marie Watts and Frank A.
Kuehnl. .
If you saw it in the Enterprise it's
(It Pays to Spray
j Intelligently
THE man who sprays his fruit or
vegetables intelligently is the one
who will have the bumper yield to
send to market. The large increase
in the number of insects attacking fruit
trees and garden truck throughout the
country makes it absolutely necessary
for the farmer or grower to protect
his crop by the proper use of insecti
cides. Sherwin- Williams
new process
.. ARSENA TE OF LEAD
Will help you to secure bigger profits from
your orchard and garden because its appli
cation will insure a much larger percentage
ot perfect fruit and vegetables which will be
of higher market value for you. S-W Ar
senate of Lead is light in gravity and stays
Weil in suspension. It is sure death to all
Jeaf-eating insects, but will not burn or
M: ,1. . .i '
ruugui. lire lUiiage. XY6t6
. For Sale only by
so.
HUNTLEY BROS. CO.;
The Rexall Store :
CAUFIELD-WOOD
NUPTIALS PRETTY
YOUNGEST DAUGHTER OF BANK
ER BECOMES BRIDE OF
WASHINGTON MAN
WEDDING CEREMONY AT BRIDE'S HOME
Bridegroom Owner of Large Orchard
At Washougal And Member Of
1909 Class Of Oregon
University
A very pretty home wedding was
solemnized Saturday evening at 7:30
o'clock, when the marriage of Miss
Clara Madeline Caufield, youngest
daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Charles H.
Caufield, of this city and Mr. William
Henry Wood, of Washougal, Wasji.,
was solemnized by Rev. George N. Ed
wards, pastor of the Congregational
church in the presence of relatives
of the couple.
The bride beautifully gowned in iv
ory colored satin, her gown made en
train, and wearing a long tulle veil,
carried a shower bouquet of Bride's
roses, and entered into the reception
hall from the stairway to the living
room, where the bridegroom and his
best man, Frederick Whittlesey, of
Portland, were in waiting beneath a
floral archway of Caroline Testout
roses and ferns. The bride wasj at
tended by her sister, Mrs. Louis Hen
derson, of Hood River, who was mat
ron of honor and was be
comingly attired in' an elaborately em
broidered piha gown, and carried a
shower bouquet of Caroline Testout
roses. The impressive ring ceremony
was used by Rev. Edwards. Mendel
ssohn's Wedding March was rendered
by Miss ' Louise Huntley nd Mr.
Flecknef".
Following the marriage a reception
was given to the most intimate friends
and relatives of the young couple
from 8 to 10 o'clock, after which Mr.
and Mrs. Wood left for Portland and
from that city will leave for their hon
eymoon, returing to this city for a
short stay before going to Washoug
al for their future home.
The rooms of the Caufield home
were very prettily decorated, when
Caroline Testout roses, palms and
maiden hair ferns were used in artis
tic arrangement. The reception hall
was. banked with huge bunches oT ros
es and ferns, while in Ihe library,
they were used similarly; tne dining
room, where the ceremony was per
formed were Indian baskts filled with
Carolin Testouts .and the curtains and
electroliers were prettily festooned
with sprays of smilax. The dining
room was in pink and white. Fest
oons of pink and white tulle were
caught in the center of the room at
tached to the electrolier, and extend
ed to each corner of the table, which
was presided over during the recep
tion by Miss Marjory Caufied and Miss
Vara Caufleld, cousins of the bride,
who were assisted by the Misses Al
ine Phillips, Norma Hblman, Louise
Walker, Evelyn Harding. Smilax and
sweet briar were also used, In the de
corations of this room intermingled
with pink roses. During the reeep-
(Continued on page 2)
MRS. PEACHIN SENDS TWO BUL
LETS INTO POLICE SER
GEANT'S HEAD
TRAGEDY IS IN TENT AT WICHITA
Wounded Man Taken To Hospital In
Portland And May Recover
Coroner Makes In
vestigation Following a deliberate plan and
moved by jealously, Mrs. Leona Peach
in shot and wounded her husband, a
sergeant of police in Portland, as he
lay in bed, then killed herself. The
tragedy occurred early Saturday
morning, at the Peachin home, a mile
south of Wichita station, on the O.
W. P. line. Peachin is at St. Vin
cent's Hospital in Portland and al
though shot three times, twice in the
head, he will probably recover.
It seems probable that Mrs. Peach
in was suffering of mental aberration,
due to jealousy. Her father and
mother, who slept near, had not any
warning of the deadly fit, and are
strongest in declaring the wounded
husband blameless. ,
Sergeant Peachin lives 'in a small
home for which he is paying, just
within a block of the Wichita school.
His wife's parents, Mr. and Mrs. C.
Krigbaum reside at Estacada on a
60-acre farm. They came on a casual
visit Friday and while a nandful of let
ters announcing the homicide to fol
low rested in the cupboard of the
Peachin home, the old people had no
intimation of a tragedy prior to the
first ahot about 4 A. M.
When the Krigbaums reached the
Peachin hame about 7 o'clock Friday
both the sergeant and his wife, were
there, he in the best of spirits and
she rather quiet but normal. During
the evening walks were taken about
the little home. About 10 o'clock the
family retired, the Krigbaums taking
the bed in the little two-room building
and the Peachins taking a cot in a
tent adjoining the house. Before re
tiring Sergeant Peachin asked his
mother-in-law to be sure and not let
him sleep beyond 4:30 A. M. as he
wanted to get an early start for Port
land. Mrs. Krigbaum awoke at 3:30, and
in the dim light thought her clock in
dicated 4:30. She called to her daugh
ter, who responded, examined her
own timepiece and replied to" ' her
mother that she wa too early. No
further word "passed, so far as the
parents can state.
About 4 A. M. three shots were fir
ed in swift succession inside the tent
Leona was heard to call, "Mamma!"
Three more shots followed af rapid
intervals and by that time the alarm
ed parents had reached the sleeping
apartmnt of the couple. Mrs. Peachin
had fallen to the floor with a-bullet
wound in her heart and was killed in
stantly. Her husband, still on the
bed and badly dazed, was clinging to
one wrist of the dying wife and mum
bling "Take the gun away from her."
Mrs. Peachin's night clothes had
caught fire from the close proxinfity
of the pistol when she turned the pist
ol upon hersielf. The first was ex
tinguished, neighbors were summon
ed Dr. J. T. Townley, of Milwaukee
called, and Coroner Wilson, of this
city, notified.
Sergeant Peachin had one bullet
wound through the scalp in the mid
dle of the back of the head, which had
apparently 'deflected upon the bone
and ranged downward, instead of pen
etrating the skull. This was the first
shot fired, while the husband was ly
ing prone, with his back to this wife.
As he turned to face his wife, anoth
er shot entered hisi right cheek right
at tbe base of the bridge of the nose,
and ranged backward, the exact lo
cation not having been determined.
A third wound was found through the
fleshy part of one finger on the left
hand.
A number of letters, some of them
incoherent, written by Mrs. Peachin,
all dated May 31, announcing that she
intended killing her husband and her
self. In these she constantly" refers
to another woman or more, and says
she could not stand the strain. She
also says in one that she tried to kill
him before, that he has told her he
would soon go to live with another
woman, and makes other' statements
which are not corroborated by any
member of the family, and indicating
that she labored under a hallucina
tion worked by a jealous fit.
In one she saya "Everett wants me
to clean his revolver tonight: I will
clean it, but not for the purpose he
expects;."
"We had a few words last night,"
said Peachin at the hospital, "but I
thought they. would lead to nothing
serious although my wife threatened
to kill me at the time. She has been
ill for a long time and I knew her to
be extremely nervous and hysterical.
We went to bed and I was aroused
this morning .when she arose about 4
o'clock. I called to her and the ans
wer was a shot, the bullet striking
me in the back of"the head. My back
was toward her. As, I turned over
she fired again, the second bullet hit
ting me in the face."
KNIGHTS AND LADIES
PLAN BASKET SOCIAL '
On Monday evening, June 3, the
Knights and Ladies of Security will
give a basket social to the members
of the order and their families. The
following is The program that will be
given during the early part of the ev
ening: instrumental solo, Mrs. Irvin
Rau; vocal solo, Miss Lulu McGha
uey; vocal solo, Knneth Woodward;
recitation, Miss Reta Carothers; solo
Gilbert Woodward.
A small classified ad will rent that
vacant room.
JUSTICE OF PEACE HOLDS CON
STABLE KILLED LINDLEY
IN SELF-DEFENSE
EVIDENCE IN FAVOR OF DEFENDANT
Brownel! And Hayes, Counsel For Ac
cused, Make Strong Pleas
Verdict Applauded By '
Crowd
Following a dramatic hearing of
several hours Justice of the Peace
Samson Saturday afternoon dismiss
ed the charge of murder against Aug
ust Gebhardt, contsable and promi
nent farmer of the Stafford neighbor
hood. The court held that Gebhardt
shot Robert Lindley, a farmhand last
Sunday evening in defense of himself
and wife, following a party at which
beer was . served. More than 100 of
the defendant's; neighbors attended
the hearing, which was conducted in
the circuit court room, and when the
verdict was rendered, the applause
was deafening for about a minute. At
least ten of his neighbors testified to
Gebhardt's good character.
The most favorable testimony for
the defendant was that of Dr. Hugh
S. Mount, who attended the wounded
man. The witness told ef an ante
mortem statement made by Lindley,
in which he said he started the fight
which resulted in his being shot Al
though the bullet pierced his heart
Lindley lived nineteen hours after be
ing shot.
Gebhardt testified that he went to
the front gate with Ryan DeNeui the
last of his guests to depart. Upon
his return to the house his wife and
Lindley were standing in the kitchen
door. The witness said Lindley made
a remark about his carrying a pistol
Gebhardt replying that he had a rigEt
to carry a pistol. Gebhardt then in
formed Lindley that he wished to pay
him off and asked what was due.
"Lindley said I owed him for three
and three-quarters day's work," said
the witness. "We walked into the
kitchen and he struck me knocking
me down. I arose and he struck me
again."
The witness said he could not, re
member everything that transpired
but he thought he was struck three
times or more One blow knocked
out a tooth. Then, according to
Gebhardt, Lindley struck Mrs. Geb
hardt several timest and the witness
and Lindley again came together, the
pistol being discharged while Lind
ley held to it. This testimony was
in tne main corroborated by Mrs. Geb
hardt. Both of them, although not re
membering all the details of the trag
edy, told , straightforward stories
which impressed those present as be
ing true.
Harry Peters, who lives near the
Gebhardt home, and was one of the
guests at the party, testified ss. to
Lindley's disposition. He said some
time before the shooting Lindley with
a -22-caiibre rifle threatened to shoot
a bottle in the back yard. Harry Geb
hardt, a 17-year-old son of August
Gebhardt, told the man not to shoot
at the bottle as it contained vinegar.
The witness declared that Lindley
said he would shoot anyway. Geb
hardt stepped between Lindley and
the bottle, Lirjdley warning the lafl
if he did not get out of the way, 'Til
put a hole through you." Peters says
he took the gun, Lindley offering no
oDjection.
George C. Brownell and Gordon E.
Hayes, counsel for the defendant, in
summing up declared that the shoot-
(Continued on page 4)
A Fine Bill
Today
LITTLE and
ALLEN
A decided musical hit at
The Grand
HEREAFTER 3 first class
reels of pictures and a
good, clean vaudeville
act will be on the pro
gram at
TheGrand