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About Morning Oregonian. (Portland, Or.) 1861-1937 | View Entire Issue (June 18, 1914)
AIDE 15 READY AGA1I1 AERONAUTS, LOST IN FOREST, ARE SAFE Wilber Henderson Misses His Hunting Paraphernalia. : Donaldson and Henderson TRIP HOME IS NIGHTMARE : Reach Rangers Hut, Stag- ? Art MMrlDnn fnp CaaH UV I Ml I va WW'". w - N 1. ' City Looks Aw full J Good to KMXad Man In Bankrl. Who Thanks ScaVhcr Who Hurried Hint Bark, to 1W . . a m t -r run LUIMli . JLAnon ij mi cnu a - , j, i vnna Tnnflnv Til.! BAIiOONISTS WHO WERE MSSINO PROM LAST THURSDAY NIGHT ? ZJT THEIR FLIGHT AND DIAGRAM SHOWING WHERE FOUR I I ' S -J f r -aw "I ., 1 5 J -3f i.7 IJ r J r mw 4 ft Tiri Rnllnnnists "Find Own Way" Out or Wild Ball Run Country. Watts Wins First Prize. (Concluded on Page 3- hours of walking we reached it only to find it as large in extent as many city blocks. A big balloon in a tree would look like a little piece of moss." "Unless one of the searchers stum bles across the men 'by guess or by God,' they will have to find them hmMiTM." was Mr. Trenkman's al- most propnetic auerauto ingr night when he returned to the city after a 16-hour search. Trained Ilea Search. XT- rnvl returned there, however, . .. , . . i. , jftrr-tfA the, search. He procured trained woodsmen and men familiar with the woods as far as any knowl edge was possible. He had made his . maps ani sent them out to the best points of vantage. All kept within telephonlo communication. . i nt aii hta Mip twn aeronauts JH BjJltO Jt, ' 1 " : had to find their own way out, mainly hx-otisA thev had no matches. If they had been able to start a fire the ran gers or other searchers would have found them. The minute the news was flashed to i Portland by Mr. Davis, a representative of The Oregonian was rushed to the ' scene by Earl Smith in a Mitchell Six, which, through the courtesy of H. W. Mitchell, president of the Mitchell, i Lewis & Staver CompaifV. had been kept ready for any arduous trip, day and night for the last five days. With him went also a representative of The Evening Telegram. . Oregonian Reporter on Job. After a race at breakneck speed the party reached Bull Hun. where the opinions of the people seemed to differ ; as to where the party would come in, whether it would be at the Bull Run headworks or at Aims. Fjnally word ; came, though, that the two aeronauts were coming Into Aims. Aims was soon reached over a travesty of a road, only to hear that the party wasxm its way . back In the machines of Mr. Davis and , Mr. Trenkman by another route. They were 20 minutes ahead at least. By taking every chance on the road they were reached before six miles had been traversed. Mr. Donaldson imme diately entered the car to give an ac count of their trip. ,When he left Portland on the trip his face was full and he had red cheeks. When he entered the car his cheeks were sunken, his color almost yellow ; and his clothes faded by the sun, torn by the brush and covered with dirt. He had taken off his silk socks, which, ' as he said, proved that he anticipated ...Inn. trnilhlA TnaitpAri tit the ' socks he used the sleeves of his shirt to avoid any risk of poisoning, and also to protect hts feet. Men's Clothing Torn. The two men had on white bob tailed skating caps. Mr. Henderson's clothing was almost torn to pieces. Both men talked when spoken to, or ; when telling their stories, as though they were moving in a dream, or as though they were talking almost auto matically. The recital of his experiences frequently brought to Pilot Donaldson too vivid memories of what he had (rone through. He would stop for a moment or two frequently in the : middle of his story. Story of Wanderings Told. 1 , ,a avnaataj. 1. man (mill rl i iiot .tell a connected tale. Mr. Donald son Would talk about one part of the ; trip and then would remember another point somewhere further back. When all the parts had been pieced together . It became a tale of wanderings, of hopes and fears equal to that of any regions of darkest Africa. - "We landed Friday morning about 7 o'clock," said Mr. Donaldson. "Because the country had become so wild and hilly that I knew we were nearing the mountains that were snow-capped and did not wish to risk our lives. The actual descent was all that could be wished for, the balloon Itself being unharmed. It was Just on the edge of the Blue L,ake, though we did not know the name at the time, and as it was till dark we remained there. Balloon Lands on Edge of Lake. "The flight had been very success ful to that point. We had kept Cap tain Watts and Roscoe Fawcett in night until near Salem, when we rose high and they were lost. Then a cue rent took us northeasterly all the time. Anally landing us on the ejge of this lake. "When we came down, the first thing was to wait for daylight. Then, at Mr. Henderson's suggestion, we tried to make a boat out o the balloon by ! using the rubber surface to keep out the water. This did not serve. The boat capsized. In any case it would not have done us any good because we were not on a stream, as we thought, but rather on the arm of the lake. "When we found this out we walked to an elevation. On Saturday morning we 'set out at daylight and began to go in what we thought was a west erly direction, finally striking a small creek. This the map shows to be Log Creek. Down it we walked, though the going was very bad, keeping on the south side all the time. Trail Is Followed. "Eventually this ran Into a larger stream, part of the head of the Bull Kun. We went on down this until we came to a log which lay across the r.tver, and. on crossing this, found a trail. That trail, as It happened, had gone along away back on the opposite of the river. We welcomed it fer vently because our wanderings up to this point had been far from straight. "Tou may be sure we kept the trail. In places where it was hardly dis tinguishable we went down on our hands and knees to look for it" Bean Eaten One nt a Time. "Our food, or rather a large portion of it. had been left in the basket of '. the balloon, by a very serious over sight, and all we had was some canned fruit, some butter and beans. "By Tuesday we had so few beans liiiSJll ' - (iS-.V I i 5 "Wii L--- CZlJ left that we were eating one at a time, rolling them in our moutns. Water we could get in plenty, of course. 117V. finoUir ntrnclr AnmA beHeS on Monday morning our delight knew no bounds. Mr. iienaerson insioieu tasting them first and as soon as he .. .. -il - r. Vi n t Vi II t P taotlne- them first and as soon as ne a"dntleyhewere all right we both ate "However, to resume the story, inai same night, Saturday, our beds were m.a nt niriA houerhs and we huddled close together to keep as warm as pos sible. We nan aiconoi wnu u we rubbed all over our shoulders to keep as dry as possible. Farewell Messages Left In tarn. Next morning, which was Sunday, aw a cabin and we tnougnt an troubles were over, but the cabin was deserted and tnere was uumiuo empty tins. "So the tramp went on. We were getting weaker and our progress be came slower tnan oeiure. rev- feet suffered. Monday we swu . . ... Koivd . srood deal. Derries anu - - , but on Tuesday we were utterly fagged out. The stream haa oecome erably largeri though, and we knew all that was necessary was to stick it out. if possible. ' t.,ol,tIo "We had arranged lor iVcinu.u.., by leaving messages in tins along the stream. Probably some people will una them in timejo come. "Tuesday night came and we leu that we must find civilization soon or not at all. - Then the tirst tnin5 knew, next morning, soon after we -t.rtert out was to una me uuuoo Ranger Williams. The rest is now his tory." Many Searchers Work For Days. m ,v, .,n Vi k Tinon i n trs would be complete without mention of the search parties and the work done by corporations, private individuals and forest rangers. Working and keeping in close communication with The Ore gonian all day Saturday. Sunday and Monday. Mr. Davis decided late at night that he would go trace out mm the reports in the Sandy district. Monday afternoon Mr. Davis, his brother-in-law, P. G. Neland, in his car: Ben Trenicman iu "T' other men left here ana vermou story. Then tney comoeu i" and Marmot aistricis w " Aschofrs they passed the night. io!nl o In rhurCfl Of the waterworks put their men out Wright and Kinney were sent trirt fully provisioned. Otto Aschori trl. wont in Tuesday. George Ten Eyck and W. M. McKin- ney went in anomer way " Various Partlea Sent Out. After arranging for other parties In various directions. Mr. Davis himself went late Tuesday night to Truman s, at Zig Zag. There he slept In a barn and next morning he went on. Elijah Coalman, a man with consid erable knowledge of the country, was going to get glasses and so on the Peaks. Mr. Davis went back towards Welch's, stopping at the rangers' house at the entrance to the forest News of Finding- of Hen Told. There he was asking for news when one of the rangers said: "I have Just been talking to Hender- sTnlnklng he meant Mr. Henderson's brother, who also was in he search, Mr Davis asked what he had found. He was surprised to hear the news that it was the actual aide from the Spring field that had been located. cv... o moment the party was too .i,.ri to say anything. Then Mr. xtas-eered to say anytnmg. men mr. Dav ordered them to remain at Walk- uavisoruc. ... . ..Hvnl. Thev went back to Welch's, -ar arrived. They went oaca to weicn s, got gasoline and then returned to Bull Run. Aims and finallv over bad roads to Walker's Prairie, where there was a meeting that the participants never will forget The remainder of the trio into Port land was a succession of smiles and short accounts of various parts of the uun uui.o Ltrip. accordi ; - While members nf nractically all the parties who knew him would have rec oginzed Mr. Henderson, comments were made that those who saw Pilot Don aldson could never have recognized him from a description of his appear ance as he left Portland. 'PRINCE AWFUL' IN JAIL WILLIAM REDZOM RUJfS AMUCK IJf GRANTS PASS STREETS. Hardware Clerks Forced to Give Him Guns, With Which He Threaten Down-Town Pedestrians. GRANTS PASS. Or., June 17. (Spe cial.) Proclaiming himself "Prince Awful of Germany," William Redzom Is in the County Jail here tonight, spe cifically charged with threatening to kill Herbert Smith, trustee in bank ruptcy, who, as trustee, is in charge of the building in wnicn tteazom sleeps. Redzom had terrorized a considerable portion of the business section, how hafniA hln "Antiire hv officers and it was only his poor marksmanship that preventea nim irom imvms a more serious charge standing against him. Redzom first entered the Grants Pass Hardware Company's store, where he .1 n imroVia irfl a Clin TVl 1 R Duucaivicu . " . a he was denied, because he had no per mit He tnen went 10 me nogue luvet Hardware Company's store, across the street and was shown a gun on his assertion that he had a permit With the gun in his possession Redzom pro ceeded to load it and to compel the an ..I mi tTdr til iATna.ln in their tracks, while he slowly backed through the door to tne street Redzom then returned to the "Grants Toaa Uanvrara fnmnn Tl v' SJ RtnTft WhfirS he forced the clerk to hand over the gun at which ne iirst naa jooKea, dui wnicn naa dwu imumu umu. Thna annad Ttfulsnni nrnr.AdAil uo the center of the city, brandishing his weapons ana lareaiening iu kiu auy- ot-Ka a t omn toil t rt Intprfora with him. A small-sized panic ensued for a short time. Pki. nf Vnlloa f-.onrirn T on' ( a a n av . Sheriff of Josephine County, and other nffinn.n ativAi1 in thA srana flfmlll- taneously, which immediately drew the fire of Redzom's gun. Lewis responded to the challenge, his-fire wounding the' belligerent Redzom. Redzom then threw away both of his guns and attempted to maite nis es cape, but was captured In the residence .!!.-.;... ft ay o thnrl rhsttA. U'hnt Ii1r real grievance against Smith Is is not known. H. F. DAVIDSON SPEAKS Roseborg Growers Hear Head Distributors on Sales Work. of aAcitinTTOf Tuna 17 fZr,mral i jiuodbuiw, ---- --- i-j Local fruitgrowers today listened to .jia.. k V Davidson, nresi- Davidson, presi- dent of the North Paciflc Fruit Dis- i aenc 01 I tributors' Association, on the subject i - Ml of co-operation . in handling and marketing fruits. Mr. Davidson is making a tour of Southern Oregon with a view of con centrating the fruitgrowers of the state into a selling body. The Umpqua Valley Fruit Union, before which Mr. Davidson spoke today, is already a member of the North Pacific Distri butors' Association. DIPLOMAS GIVEN TO 76 EDGAR B. PIPER MAKES ADDRESS AT NORMAL COMMENCEMENT. Alumni Reception and Banquet Close Exercise at JHonmouth Class la Lara-eat In History of School. OREGON NORMAL. SCHOOL, Mon mouth, June 17. (Special.) With the alumni reception and banquet in tne gymnasium here tonight the Slst an nual - commencement exercises of the state normal school came to a fitting close. Diplomas were given to 76 stu dents this morning by President Ackerman. Edgar B. Piper, of The Oregonian, made the commencement address to the students, taking for his subject "Making an American." It was a mas terly address. Ho closed with words of advice to the young people, to whom he pointed out the opportunities of the present generation. The address was heard by students from 25 counties of Oregon and four states of the Union. As 33 students graduated in the mid year, the total of 109 students who re ceived diplomas this year makes the class the largest In the history of the institution. The regents held their annual meet ing in the afternoon. Only routine busi ness was transacted. . At the alumni reception here tonight. Supreme Court Justice Burnett, a grad uate of Christian College of the class of 1873, made the principal address. Arm I Id a Doutdy. member of the 1883 class, the first year of the normal school, was present tonight The alumni adopted resolutions of condolence over the fate of Misses Opal Hall and Manetta Harlan, members of the normal school faculty, who lost their lives last Summer on the ill-fated steamer State of California, bound for Alaska. Bv an ingenious arrangement of cardboard partitions a recently patent ed hat box is made to hold a large number of stiff hats in a relatively small space. 1 The Party In Front of The Oresonlan Building-. BelloonUts In Hear Sent and W. M. Davis Bealde Driver, a. Captain Donaldnon. 8. Dmld.o on Left. Henderson on Rlht. 4. The Se-rcher. Got Stuck. . Boote of . Springfield and Course Traveled by Aeronaut. After l.andlnc. . M Hbur Henderson, the Plucky Aide. T. Where the Four Balloons Landed. Descent Splendid, but Hike "No," Says Donaldson. HENDERSON CALLED HERO With Few Beans and Lots of Water, Tired Aeronauts Wander 50 Miles In Mountains to Cover Distance of IS. To Starter Leiter, to The Oregonian and to the people of Portland: Nobody can tell now glad we are to get home and to feel that at last our m.i. or. r. The triD in the balloon itself was fine and we experienced no troublesome sailing, excepi mu i" ..... w. variable and- blew us first this way and then that. We came down because, aner iri t . v. , ,, ..h fin. nnn country, we had gone Into country that at first was brush and neavy which began to grow wilder and more mountainous as we went on. When we finally reached the excessively wild part I decided to come down, rather than risk the lives of either of us or the balloon. ... . mv. J-aant WO a A Nnlendld OH ). IOT th. hnlloon came down without striking any trees and toppled over sideways on the edge of what at first looked like a river, but which we afterwards found was a lake. Joyrlde Becomes Struaa-le. Then it was that our trip ceased to be a Joyride and became, instead, a struggle to reach civilization alive. The rain had drenched us to the skin all that night and we had no matches with which to attract forest rangers or other persons, by means of a fire, and we could not get our eloping or ourselves uij . We had thought to get down what appeared to be a river uu iot " - i.. 4 , ,t tin tha balloon and wrapped the silk and rubber surface around the basket to make it water proof. Then we found that this was no river at alL Consequently, we had to climb an elevation to get our bearings and to come weaiwa.ru. auwu . . . . a .... . a Ka Tior rVAlr Finally, after wandering what must have been about ou mnes io cocr mo 15 miles to Walkers x-rairio, wo right onto civilization. I heard a cow bell and said to Henderson: "I don't care whose cow that la; I II muit iu But it was no cow; it was a horse with a bell on Its neca. i nen emeueu i in .nntliAr minute mora we Dacon auu . , , were inside a ranger's house, shaking that man by tne nana as wo n.r -fore had shaken a hand. He looked . iiita a nrlnce and then It seemed little time before the rescuing party naa cjmo w - - -back to Portland. . --a! Wilrr Their Diet. Hcaa. - Had we had matches and a gun the trip through the forests would have heen most enjoyable. As It was. lack of food and lack of fire really com- . . j . MaU-a. mi. trln mniit hAZATdaul. Dinea w " ' , ' The food supply gave out and for the last two am.) a wo -... on a few beans a day and water, water. water. Next time I come I certainly hope to have better luck. I shall know what to do and how to combat the conditions better. The air currents here are the most variable I have ever seen. I have nicknamed Mr. Henderson "Burnlnar Dayllirht." Those who have read Jack London's novel will know that no higher tribute cauld be paid to any man than to name him after this great Alaskan nero. 1 neea say no more of him than that. His woods manshlp is superb and his cheerlness and never-falling courage helped more than anything else when we sometimes felt like resting longer than was gooa for us. Very truly yours. For baby's comfort Santlseptlc Lotion. Adv. Great Northern Burlington Northern Pacific Burlington High Class Through Trains The Oriental Limited Great Northern Burlington Through Chicago train "J luxe," with comparment-obaer-vation cars, standard and tourist sleepers, coaches and diners day light ride alongside the majestic Mississippi, "where nature smilem three hundred miles," the water-grade route of smooth operation. Atlantic Express Northern Pacific Burlington Through Chicago train of standard and tourist sleepers, coaches and diner, via the Twin Cities, arriving Chicago at noon, for con nection with all non-excess and limited trains for the East. Mississippi Valley Limited Northern Pacific Burlington Ihrough train over direct Southeast mainline via Billiruzs.and the . Custer Battlefield, for Denver, Omaha, Kania City, St. LotiU, Nebraska, Iowa and Missouri, with standard and tourist sleep ers, chair cars and diner -through the heart of the Corn Belt a thousand-mile ride over the well-operated BURLINGTON Route. " The Southeast Express Great Northern Burlington Through train overthe BURLINGTON direct Southeast line via Bil lingsto Kansas City, Denver, Omaha, Iowa, Nebraska and Missouri with through standard and tourist sleepers, chair cars and diner 'tis 'travel education' to ride a thousand miles on the BURLINGTON. All Through Trains Electric -Lighted, Block. Protected Have your ticket read "BURLINGTON"; utilise Its various main lines thronga Minneapolis, St. Paul, Billings and Denver, In your travel plane. The Borilnron I hi iwa mii h To The Oregonian: . We had a fine balloon ride and mr experiences In this respect were d- llchtful. On the other hand, we did not have any sort of a pleasant Jaunt down the mountains after we bad landed. I have taken many trip! In the woods and I have bn over a K rent deal or this country, but before It has always been that we knew where we stsrtrd from and where we were going to. or at least the dlree "Kierrthln would have b-u all rlaht this time had we had a hunting kit alone with us snd had been able to llht a fire. We were unable to do so, with the cons.queoce that the trip was nothing more or Use than a nlKhtmare. On other occanlone I have t eotrf to return to the rlty, but this time any snd every building we pd brouaht to me a ene of densnt. ana wd-u the city bti(ldln flnnlly clned In ell around U I could reallie that at last we had not home. To the searchers who pave se whole heartedly of their lime, their care aad their ability we owe a debt thst iivr will be r'd. Hd not everyone ben aware of the fact that we were tnlM lna. It Is probable thst our arrival would have been still lotie-ir delaved. At that, I would not r Ihst I would not o again, for probably the next time they are here I'll go; that la. If anyone will have me. Truly youra. GRAND JURY DISCHARGED Federal Investigators Iteturn True BUM Out of Case. a. - - , I r a (IIP.. f.aa (t I . j ne rruciai "" ' '- ' - - charged yeterdy morning after hav ing maoe us nii. ri" - . -. - -Jutlge Bean. Two true bills and four not true bills were returned. The Jury has been In ee-mlon since April l?..wlth . I a nf m riar liwl of afllOUfU- ment between May il and June . AboUt 545 Wlinee wrri nimi-i and 40 true bills returned out of cases examined. Among the lute lnairimenie rfinrn-" was that of Thamas . Hmlth. an In dian, charged with murdering Link River Beal. another Indian, on the Klamath reservation May 27. William Matthew was Indicted on a white slavery charae. A not true bill was returned against Edna M. Ilawley, charged with having sent poisoned candy through the United States mails to Stanley Haw ly, a pupil In the Arleta School. Mlaa Hawley having been adjudged Insane since the complaint was brought The next Federal grand Jury will be called In September. Woman, 70, Weda Man, Tl. GRANGEVILLE. Idaho, Juna IT. (Special.) Mrs. Nanry Jones Cook, aged 70, and H. Henler, sred 71, were married at the home of Harry Morris last night. Mrs. Jones Is a pioneer of this district and has perhaps the widest acquaintance of any woman In this part of the state. Mr. Henler haa lived here for a number of years and is the father of Mrs. Morris. The couple will reside at the home of the bride In this city. Indian Aid Clierry HarTcat. LEWISTOV, Idaho, June IT. (Kpe- clal.) On account of the srarclty of cherry pickers the Alpowal Orchard Company, together with other fruit growers In this district, are employ. Ina- Ns Perce Indians to pick the cher maintains a passenger service oi over - inroogn -day between the Great Cities of the Middle West, Let oi tell you about them. A. C, KHKI.not, .. 1WI Third rnrtlaad, llrtl-n. I'heaes- Mala Btut, Home A 1.4-V mv.i.i.'M m m mi mm- SAM