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CORVALLIS, OREGON. FRIDAY EVENING, FEBRUARY 15. 1907,
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Summons.
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tn the Circuit Court of the State of Oregon for
Benton County,
E. W. Durkee, Plaintiff, i
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Afanle E, Durkee, Defendant )
To Annie E. Durkee the above name defend an t r
In the name ol the State of Oregon yon are re
quired to appear and answer the complaint filed'
against you In the above entitled cause on or
before the 25th day of St arch, 1807, and If you
fall so to answer, for want thereof the plaintiff
will apply to the court for the relief demanded
lei his complaint,- to-wlt: lor a decree of the
court dissolving the contract of matrimony now
existing between the plaintiff and defendant and
for the care and custody of Frank B. Durkee, W.
B. Durkee, and B F. I. Durkee, children of
plaintiff and defendant and for such other and
further decree as to said court may seem equit
able. This summons Is served on you by publication
pursuant to an order of the Hon, E. Woodward,
oounty judge for Benton county, Oregon, made
on the 5th day of February, 1907. -
The date of the first publication hereof is Feb
ruary 8, 1917 and the last publication thereof
will be on Mat oh 22, -1907.'
' Dated February 8. 1907.
j McFADDEN & BRY80N.
Attorneys for Plaintiff.
j Notice to Creditors.
George Beamis, Estate.
! Notice is hereby eiven that the under
signed has been appointed the executrix
of the last will and testament and the
estate of Georee" Beamis, deceased by the
Connty Court of the State of Oregon for
Benton county. All persons having
claims against Bald estate are hereby no
tided to present the same to said execu
trix at the office of McFadden & Brvson,
at Corvallis, Oregon duly verified within
six "months from the date hereof.
J Dated February 8. 1907.
- Onie Bkamis,
Executrix of the estate of -
George Beamis, deceased.
Phone Ind. 384.
Dr, Hanford
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Burnett Bldg. Corvallis, Or,
E. E. WILSON,
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A SAD - CALAMITY
8TE AMERPASSENGERS MEET
AN AWFUL DEATH.
Steamer Larchmont , Knocked to
Bottom of Sea by Knowlton -Boats
and Life Rafta Come .
Ashore. on . Block--Isl .
and---Other News.;
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. Block Island,' R.; Feb. U3.
, A marine disaster with appalimg
I loss of life and entailing suffering
j almost-beyond the limit, of , human
endurance came to light today,
when a life boat of the Joy Line
eteamer' Larchmont, bound from
Providence to New York, drifted in
to Block Island harbor. -' ' '
.' In the boat were several bodies of
men who had died from the effects
of long . hours of; exposure' to a
death-dealing temperature. In the
boat also were 11 . men whose suf
ferings were so intense that they
seemed oblivious tolthe fact that
death was in their midst and they
had escaped only by virtue ot their
ability to withstand the rigor of ze
ro weather in an open boat at sea.
The boat brought out a tale of
disaster that has rarely been equal!
ed in New England waters, and it
is believed that, when the final out
come is known, it will be found that
not less than 15O lives were lost
Following closely in the wake of
the solitary lifeboat came bodies,'
cast on the beach by the angry
waves.
Owing to the condition of the
survivors it was impossible to: get
from them an estimate of the loss
of life. : From 150 to 1 17 5 persons
went to their death, and, at. a late
hour tonight it was belu ved that
the latter figures are nearer correct;
The steamship officials estimate
that about 15U passengers ana
crew of 50 were on board the steam
er when she left' Prov'dence-i last
night. .Forty-eight bodies reached
these shores today, and 1 were
alive when taken from the lifeboats,
There are still-138 persons to be
accounted for.. The only , positive
evidence of the steamer's victims is
lying at the bottom of Block Island
Sound. .The list of passengers and
crew, handed to the purser just be
fore the steamer left Providence
was locked in a safe and wad cot
recovered .
r The cause of the accident has not
been satisfactorily explained.' It
occurred iust off Watch Hill about
11 o clock last night, when the
three-masted schooner Harry
Knowlton, with a cargo of coal,
crashed into the steamer s, port
amidships Captain McVey, of the
Larchmont, 'declares 'J that', the
Knowlton suddenly swtved from
her course, luffed up into the wind
and crashed into his vessel' Cap
tain Haley, of the Knowlton, ap
se m that the steamer did not give
his vessel sufficient sea 100m. i
The steamer, with a huee hole
torn in her side, was bo seriously:
damaged that no attempt was mdae
to run for shore, and she sank to
the bottom - in ' less, than half an
hour. The Knowlton, after she had
backed away from the wreck, began
to fill rapidly, but her crew manned
the .pumpe and kept her afloat un
til she reached a point, off Quono
chontftug, where they ' put out in
the . lifeboat and ' rowed ashore.
-Toere-'' were no fatalities on the
schooner.
A majority of those aboard.' the
Larchmont had retired - for I the
night, and, when the. -collision oc
curred, there were few, with the ex-
ception- of -the: crew, 'prepared for
the weather which prevailed. 7 1 hey
hurried from the warm ' Staterooms
to the deck of the- eteamer and .into
a fcero atmosphere-Chilled to the
bone; many-rushed headlong below
to secure morel;loihing, while oth
ers, barefooted, 5 ''bareheaded, and
clad only in nightgowns, stood on
the deckB, fearing that to go below
would mean certain death.
The Larchmont left her dock in
Providence last night with a heavy
cargo of freight and- a passenger list
estimated from 150 to 200. A strong
northwest wind was blowing as the
steamer plowed her way down
through the eastern passage of Nar
raganeett Bay, but the full effect of
the gale which was blowing out in
the Sound was not felt until the
Larchmont rounded Point 'Judith.
.. Captain George McVey was pre
paring to retire, after a -turn around
his ship, when he was startled by
several blasts' of the steamer's whis
tle. . He rushed into the pilot houee
where" the' pilot' and 'quartermaster
poiuted out a three-masted Echoon
er sailing eastward before a 1 strong
The schooner which proved to be
the Harry" Knowlton coal-laden,
from South ;Amboy, for' Boston; had
been bowling along on her course;
when she seemed: suddenly to luff
up and head straight for the steam
er. Again "several' blasts were
sounded on the steamer's whistle,
the pilot and the quartermaster 'at
the . same' moment 1 whirling the
wheel hard aport in a mad endeavor
to avert a collision.' As the steamer
was -slowly veering around,' the
schooner came on with a' speed that
almost seemed to equal - the gale
that was pushing her toward Bos
ton."" . ' ''
Before another warning could be
sounded the scboOner crashed into
the port ride of the Larchmont, and
the impact of the big vessel was so
ternnc that the big, clumsy bow of
the sailing craft forced its way more
than half the breadth of the Larch
mont: When the force of the Im
pact had been spent the schooner
temporarily remained fast ' in the
steamer's side, holding in check for
moment the lnrushmg water.
The pounding sea soon separated
the vessels, however, and the water
rushed into the gaping hole in the
steamet with' tremendous velocity.
As the water struck the boiler room
great clouds of steam aroee, and the
passengers were first under the im
pression that a nre bad broken out
on board. Captain" McVeyr could
not communicate with liis subord
inate officers below, the signal appa
ratus being wrecked; (' ' '- 'y
The passengers meanwhile rush
ed to the deck. ' Few of them had
waited to clothe ' themeelves. - " The
intense cold made them want to ob
tain their clothing; but they found
it impossible to return below- and
do eo. Their rooms ' were ' flooded
soon after they bad been deserted,
and the eteamer, floundering around
in the high seas that are feared by
all Sound navigators, was sinking
with a rapidity that sent terror" to
the hearts of the officers and crew
Some of ' the seamen held back
the frantio -passengers by brute
strength," while others; were" lower
ing the boats and rafts. There was
no time to think. Not a man on
board was able to walk. Their feet
were frozen so badly that the life
savers carried the survivors bodily
to the lifeeaviDg station. ,
Captain MeVey declared that the
crew of the schooner was -responsi
bio for the wreck. He tald that,
bad the sailing vessel held true to
the course which she was sailing
when she was sighted, there would
have'been no possible chance of an
accident. . , ' .
Captain Frank P. Haley, of the
schooner Harry Knowlton, stated
that the accident was entirely due
to the steamer. He said that his
lights were, burning and he held to
bis course, with the expectation that
the steamer, having sighted him,
would; pass him with plenty of sea
room. . When he found , that 1 the
steamer would not turn over, Cap-
tain Haley said it was
avert a collision.
too late to
As soon as news, of the disaster
reached the Joy Line official?, im
mediate steps were taken to care for
1 those who had reached shore and to
search the Sound for victims' who
might have found it impossible to
reach thj she r .
Even while the euffererj were re
ceiving tender care, bodies began
to wash ashore from the direction
of the sunken steamer and soon the
rescuers were busy pulling the
corpses out - of the surf. When
night came to the desolate beach
this evening, 43 bodies had been re
covered, either from the surf or
from the boats which had drifted
ashore.
. The inhabitants of all parts of
the island turned out to assist in
rescue work,, though many, of them
live several miles from the point off
which the steamer, sunk. Includ
ing Captain McVey, eight of the of
ficers and crew of .the Larchmont
have been saved...- The Knowlton
Jlies on a sandy bottom, tut '. 1b lull
of water. .-. i- X
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Baltimore, Feb.: I3 Baltimore
Ssn: The announcement is. made
that the constr uction of a "50-story
building is about to begin 1 in New
York.1 This structure will, be 700
feet in hejghthj.'aboufc jaj 'high as
Washington's mbdumeht" in Wash
ington would be ' if " Washington's
monument ihlBaltimore were placed
upon top of. it. . As a., matter of
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CHILD HEROES
SAVE THE : TWO-YEAR-OLEi
GIRL OF H. VILLIGER
FROM DROWNING.
Chester and Victor Bump, Aged ,
and 4 Years, ( Are Now the
Pride of Forest Grove. .
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.Forest Grove, Or., Feb. Jl. Ev
ery one is singing the praises of
two boy heroes', Victor and Cheste
Bump; aged 4 -and 6 ;yeare, reepec-"'
tively, who risked their lives that
Marcelle Villiger, their infant playr
mate, might live. ,.
The boy heroes : are the sons of
C. L. Bump of this place, and the
little girl whose life they saved is
the 2-year-old daughter of Heory,
Villiger, also of Forest Grove. .The'
children are fast friends and were
playing together Friday afternoon.
The little ones were playing' be-
neath the Villiger house, where a.-tive-fooV
excavation has been filled
with water from the recent floods.
The little girl accidentally fell into
the water. She uttered a piercing'
scream as she fell, which,' however,-
was not beard on the ' floor above
and failed to alarm persons in the
house. ,
But the lads, her playmates, rush- .
ed quickly to her rescue. With.
rare presence of mind, Chester, the
elder boy,' lay prone upon the, bank
and tried to .reach - the drowning
girl. She sank beneath the water
when she fell, but presently ' rose.
The boy seized her firmly as she
rose and tried vainly to drag her
from' her perilous position. - His
childish strength failed, however.
hut he clung tenaciously, holding
her above the water. " Holding her
there, he directed the younger broth
er to call for aid.
- Rushing quickly into the house,
the child found Mrs. Villiger and
breathleesly tried to tell her of the
danger. Barely able to speak ' in
telligibly even in his calmest mo
ments, and now frantic with excite
ment, the child was unable to make
Mrs. Villiger understand. She pro
ceeded with her duties and told the
child to run along and play. '
Realizing that he could not make
her understand, and aleo realizing
that his brother's strength must
eooo give way, he dashed out of the
house in search of Charley Tennis,
the hired man.' Finding him, he
made him understand, and the man
hurried into the basement.
There he found the other little
boy still holdirjg the baby above
the water, but his strength was al
most gone. The -child was lifted
from the water and taken into the
house, where her mother was al
most overcome on learning the sto
ry. The baby girl, after her bero5cre6
cue was purple with cold and almost
dTowned. However, she' was-revived
and will recover, though 6h
suffered intensely from the shock.
The little boy - heroeB thought
nothing of their deed,' merely tell
ing how it was dote and proffering
any aid in their power to help the
little girl. .
' Their bravrry is without prece
dent, eo far as ie known, and they
are reciving tbe' congratulations ; of
the entire community, and neigh
bors will take up tbe matter with
the Carnegie hero-land custodians
with a view to the children receiv
ing medale.'
' C. L. Bump, father of the boy
heroee, conducts a store near the
railroad istation hers. Henry Vil
liger, father of the little girl, moved
to this place from San Francisco
several years ago and built the Col
onial hotel, which is conducted by
him.
Neglected Colds Threaten Life.
From, ike Chicago Tribune.
" Don't trifle with a cold,' is good advice
for prudent men and women. It may be
vital in - the case of a child. . Proper food,
good ventilation, and dry, warm clothing are
the proper safeguards against colds. If they
are' maintained through the changeable
weather. of autumn; -winter and spring, the
chancer of a surprise from ordinary colds
will be slight. But the ordinary 'light cold
will become severe' if neglected, ana a well
established ripe cold is to thegqrms of diph-'
tharia what honey is to the bee. - The great
est menace to child life at this season' of the
year is the neglected cold;' ' Whether it is a
child or adult, the cold slight or severe, the
very best treatment that can be adopted is to
give Chamberlain's Congh Bemedy,:, It is
safe and sure. The great popularity and im
mense sale of this preparation has been attain
ed by its remarkable cures of this ailment. A
cold- never results in pneumonia when it is '
given. . For sale by Graham & Wortham. -
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