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About Morning Oregonian. (Portland, Or.) 1861-1937 | View Entire Issue (June 2, 1915)
TIIE MORNING OREGONIAX. WEDNESDAY, JUNE 2, 1915. 4 IN PLEASURE BOAT THREE VICTIMS AND ONE SURVIVOR OF RIVER TRAGEDY. AT 3 A. M We Meet Gommpettltioiml - ' IIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIHIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIHIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIII GREAT SACRIFICE SALE of the World-Renowned Two Women Are Among Vic tims of Accident on Willam ette in Lower Harbor. FISHERMAN RESCUES THIRD Craft Is Overturned Xear Broadway Bridge Following Home Party Lasting Until Midnight-Only One Body Is Recovered. MEMBERS OK ILL-FATED BOATING PARTI-. Tme Dead. Mrs. James J. Martin, aged 27. of 601 North Willamette boule vard, St. Johns. Mrs. Doris Shannon, aged 28. of 735 Vanderbllt street. Ports mouth. Amos Weiss, aged 24, of 735 Vanderbilt street, Portsmouth. Clyde Davidson, aped 25. of 616 Salem street. St. Johns. Surviving;. Mrs. Minnie Weiss, wife of Amos Weiss, of 735 Vanderbilt, Portsmouth. Four members of a motorboat party drowned about 3 o'clock yesterday morning In the Willamette River near the North Pacific Lumber Company's dock in the lower harbor. A fifth mem ber. Mrs. Minnie Weiss, was found by a fisherman who had been attracted by her screams, delirious and clinging to a small board. She was the sole sur vivor, her husband perishing with the others. Although the river was dragged all day. but one body, that of Mrs. J. J. Martin, had been recovered late yester day. No trace had been found of the boat. The boat ride followed a party held in the homes of Mr. and Mrs. Weiss and Mrs. Ethel Martin at St. Johns. The boat had been built by Amos and Ned Weiss, brothers. It was nearly 18 Xeet long. River Trip II r grins Late. In the party were Mr. and Mrs. Amos Weiss, of 735 Vanderbilt street; Mrs. Doris Shannon, a divorced sister of Mrs. Weiss; Clyde Davidson, of 616 Salem street, fat. Johns, and Mrs. James J Martin, of 601 North Willamette boule vard, St. Johns. Mr. Weiss was i boilermaker in the employ of the Co . lumbia Engineering Company at St. Johns; Mr. Davidson recently was er ployed as an oiler on the steamship Mariposa, running from Seattle to Alaska; Mr. Martin, who was not along on the trip. Is employed at the Port land Woolen Mills, at St Johns. The evening's events were begun at the Weiss home in Portsmouth, and continued at the Martin home, when an outing on the river was decided on. (shortly after 12 o'clock the boat was on its way. After .the boat had reached a point near the Broadway bridge it was turned toward St. Johns, said Mrs. Weiss yes terday. She thought- one of the men rose and endeavored to swing the boat into its course by gently rocking it. The boat turned turtle. Mrs. Weiss grasped a floating board. Fisherman Rescaea Woman. The woman's screams attracted A. Coyle, a fisherman whose home Is on a scow three-quarters of a mile below the lumber dock. He rowed out on the river and rescued and took Mrs. Weiss to a houseboat occupied by Mrs. Frank Marlett. Coyle rowed back in hope of finding the others, and later summoned the har bor patrol. The Klidor responded, with Kngineer Harry Jaeckel and Patrolmen Jackson, Tilton, Hazen and Earl Nelson. The body of Mrs. Martin was recov ered by City Grappler Brady at 4 o'clock yesterday afternoon. James J. Martin, husband of the vic tim, did not know of the death of his wife until 11 o'clock yesterday. He is employed at the woolen mills at night. His wife was reported to have told him that she Intended staying all night with a woman friend In Portland, and when she did not come home he was not alarmed. He refused to believe, at first, that his wife had been in the party. There probably will be no inquest, asserted Deputy Coroner Smith last night. POLICE OFFICER ACCUSED Youth Declares He Will File Formal Complaint of Undue Brutality. Complaining that he was mistreated brutally by a police officer, after being i-et upon by a gang of young fellows at Third and Washington streets Saturday night, George Kiidow. aged 25. of 417 Skidmore street, declared his intention yesterday of filing a formal complaint today with the Mayor and Commis sioners. At the Coimty Jail vesterriav afternoon Kiidow recognized the four assailants. According to the statement of Kil- oow, wno ended his work at the Clyde Hotel Buffet, 410 Stark street, at 12 o'clock Saturday night, he was waiting for a car when a gang of young men attacked him, smashing four bottles of beer he was carrying. A policeman drove them away and arrested Kiidow or drunkenness. When he tried to ex plain to the officer, Kiidow alleges he was strucK over the eye. MAUSOLEUM IS PROTESTED Proposed Structure Opposed by ISO Sell wood Property Owners One hundred and fifty residents of the Sellwood district sent a communica tion to the City Council yesterday pro testing against the proposed construc tion of a mausoleum at East Fourteenth street, between Duke and Claiborne streets. The structure is proposed by the Portland Mausoleum Company. The property owners in their remon strance ask the Council to take steps to prevent the erection of the building. It Is declared In the remonstrance that the site is in the center of a fine resi dential section and is near a school. The institution would wreck the value of real estate in the section and make the neighborhood unsuitable for homes, as sert the protesting parties. II. X. Lawrie Goes to Fair. H. Jf. Lawrie. chairman of the Ore gon Bureau of Mines and Geology Com mission, left for San Francisco yester day to be present at the opening of the Oregon mineral and mining exhibit at the exposition. He will remain two weeks. The exhibit was collected from all parts of the state, with $10,000 ap propriated by the last Legislature The Bureau of Mines Commission has pre pared a 32-page pamphlet describing the mining activities of the state for distribution at the exposition. - V"' f f 3 I ' ? V mm : quup VCV'' O Ports STh-r VsX, ' '' I, 4rrioj i r , X i h , . V J 2Sy ate, 7Z 2)cjv ctj-on DRIVER IS INDICTED imerson Reid Held for Killing Two Men in Crash. STATUTE IS LONG UNUSED Old 'Involuntary Manslaughter' Act Invoked Against Auto Kacer Who Is Accused of Reckless Driving on Way to Races. An Indictment charging involuntarv manslaughter was found by the grand ury yesterday against Emerson Reid. driver of the racing car which, on May crasned into a light automobile and lied two of its occupants. This is the second indictment re- urned recently under this statute against an automobilist for a fatal mishap. The first was against Fred Skogseth, whose machine struck and killed a boy in December, Three weeks ago Skogseth was convicted, and Pros ecutor Collier announced that he would make use of the old "involuntary man slaughter" law against reckless motor ists. Reid drove a racing ear which was entered in the automobile races in Portland on May 1. A small car, occu pied by Theodore C. Hyde. Harvey S. Miller. Mrs. Josephine Spencer and Miss Anna L. Esterbee, was driving east ore Tillamook street, near Forty ninth street. Reid's machine came up from behind. One cai- it has not been fully determined which turned slight ly and the hub of the heavy racer struck the hub of the smaller car.- The racer sped on without a scratch. The other machine Was flung 30 feet, turn ing two complete somersaults. Hyde and Miller were killed out right. The two women were only slightly hurt. After the racing car had proceeded more than a block Reid stopped and sent his mechanician back to see what damage had been done. ne mecnanician reported that some body was badly hurt, but there were lots of people around the scene of the accident and nothing could be done. Reid then went on to the race track. where he was subsequently arrested by Captain of Detectives' Baty. At the InquesT over the bodies of lies Hart Schaf f ner & Marx Clot Now is your opportunity to get the best in ready clothes considering quality of merchandise better values. This sale embraces our entire stock of Spring and Summer Suits Blue, Black, Full Dress and Tuxedo included. These Prices Are Genuine Reductions You can rely on this make backed by their all-wool and satisfaction guarantee. $20 Hart Scliaffner & Marx Suits $15.00 $25 Hart Schaf finer & Marx Suits $18.75 $30 Hart Schaffner & Marx Suits $22.50 $35 Hart Scliaffner & Marx Suits $26.25 At 25 Sauna IRtDseElblati $k C. The Men's Shop for Quality and Service Northwest Corner Third and Morrison Miller and Hyde. Miss Esterbee told of looking back and seeing the racer com ing up from behind on Tillamook street. The big machine, she said, was zlg-zagging from one side of the street to the other. 'They were just acting smart," was the way she put it at the Coroner's inquest. At the inquest Reid offered no testi mony. He said he had been advised not to testify. Previously, however, he had said that the car ahead of him was zig-zagging and apparently not under the control of the driver. This he gave as the reason for the accident. The statute under which Reid is in dicted was passed in 1864. It provides a penalty of one to 15 years' impris onment for a killing "while engaged in the commission of a lawful act." There had never been a conviction un. der this statote until Skogseth's trial. 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